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Hardback. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KNX; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 527.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816907489
ISBN
9780816907489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.67

Hardback. Series: Ohio Bicentennial S. Num Pages: 230 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; KNG; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821412831
ISBN
9780821412831
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.52

Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BK; DNJ; JFD; KNTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821421765
ISBN
9780821421765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.70

Paperback. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JHB; JPA; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821422182
ISBN
9780821422182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.40

Paperback. An historical ethnography of the banana industry in Ecuador that demonstrates how capitalist transitions have shaped the 20th century. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822328636
ISBN
9780822328636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.81

Paperback. An ethnographic study of indigenous opposition to processes of economic globalization, arguing that neoliberal economic reforms both provoked a crisis of governance and created the conditions for a disruptive indigenous movement in Ecuador Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 312 pages, 28 b&w photos, 6 maps, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; JFSL9; JPW; KJVG; KNBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822332725
ISBN
9780822332725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.02

Paperback. Tells the history of US flight attendants, tracing the evolution of their glamorized image as ideal women and their activism as trade unionists and feminists. This book combines attention to political economy and technology of the airline industry with perceptive readings of popular culture, newspapers, industry publications, and worker accounts. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1; KNGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822339465
ISBN
9780822339465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.02

Paperback. Argues that through tourist practices - acts of cultural consumption, routes and imaginary voyages to neighboring Arab countries, and culinary desires - Israeli citizens negotiate Israel's place in the contemporary Middle East. This work analyzes the meanings that Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel have attached to tourist cultures. Num Pages: 232 pages, 23 b&w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JHMC; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342731
ISBN
9780822342731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.93

Paperback. A history of the oil industry s rise in Venezuela focused especially on the experiences and perceptions of industry employees, both American and Venezuelan. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; 3JJ; JFC; KNBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344193
ISBN
9780822344193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. With its archaeological sites, colonial architecture, pristine beaches, and alluring cities, Mexico has long been an attractive destination for travellers. This book takes a broad historical and geographical look at Mexico, covering a range of tourist destinations from Tijuana and Acapulco, and the development of tourism from the 1840s onwards. Editor(s): Berger, Dina; Wood, Andrew Grant. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 408 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822345718
ISBN
9780822345718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.25

Paperback. In the 1940s chemists discovered that barbasco, a wild yam indigenous to Mexico, could be used to mass produce synthetic steroid hormones. This book features the story of how rural yam pickers, international pharmaceutical companies, and the Mexican state collaborated and collided over the barbasco. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 illustrations, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; KNDP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822346050
ISBN
9780822346050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.13

Hardback. A history of book production and consumption in Japan showing how the Tokyo-based publishing industry manufactured the very concept of modern Japanese literature. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 photos, 11 tables, 3 maps, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822346609
ISBN
9780822346609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.68

Paperback. A history of book production and consumption in Japan showing how the Tokyo-based publishing industry manufactured the very concept of modern Japanese literature. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 photos, 11 tables, 3 maps, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346722
ISBN
9780822346722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.97

Hardback. President Barack Obama's mother, S Ann Dunham, was an anthropologist who specialized in social and economic development in Indonesia. This book reflects Dunham's commitment to helping small-scale village industries survive; and her pragmatic, non-ideological approach to research and problem-solving. Editor(s): Dewey, Alice G.; Cooper, Nancy I. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 440 pages, 13 tables, 2 maps, 4 figures (tent.). BIC Classification: 1F; JHM; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 167 x 39. Weight in Grams: 902.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822346876
ISBN
9780822346876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.52

Paperback. Ethnographic analyses of emerging bioscientific enterprises in Asia, including genetically modified foods in China, clinical trials in India, and stem-cell research in Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. Editor(s): Ong, Aihwa; Chen, Nancy N. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 335 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; KNDC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822348092
ISBN
9780822348092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.18

Hardback. Argues that maize biodiversity in central and southern Mexico is threatened as much by rural out-migration as by the flow of genes from genetically modified to local corn varieties. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 photo, 11 tables, 2 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; KNAC; RNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822349389
ISBN
9780822349389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.58

Hardback. Chaia Heller follows one of France's largest farmers' unions as it joins with peasants internationally to contest the hegemony of genetically modified foods, free trade, and industrial agriculture. Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JPWD; KNAC; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351184
ISBN
9780822351184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.68

Hardback. Producing Bollywood is an in-depth ethnography of the Bombay-based Hindi film industry, more popularly known as Bollywood. Taking readers inside this hugely popular global industry, Tejaswini Ganti focuses on the social world and professional practices of well-known Hindi filmmakers. Num Pages: 440 pages, 28 photographs, 6 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822352020
ISBN
9780822352020
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.00

Hardback. In Pipe Politics, Contested Waters, Lisa Bjorkman explores why water is chronically unavailable in Mumbai, India's economic and financial capital. She attributes water shortage to economic reforms that allowed urban development to ignore the water infrastructure, which means that in Mumbai, politics is often about water. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: KNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359500
ISBN
9780822359500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.52

Paperback. A complete history of the ferryboats which once operated across the Hudson River to Manhatten fron New Jersey and that were owned and operated by various railroad companies in conjunction with their commuter and long distance trains. This work also covers the Staten Island Ferry. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; KNGS; WG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5193 x 7128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823219544
ISBN
9780823219544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.90

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