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Hardback. The Cult of Happiness is among the first studies in any field to treat folk art and folk print as historical text. As such, this richly illustrated volume will appeal to a wide range of scholars in Asian studies, history, art history, folklore and print, as well as anyone having a passion for the creativity and culture of rural society. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AFH; GTB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774810340
- ISBN
- 9780774810340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.05
€ 45.05
Hardcover. Editor(s): Clark, J. C. D. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; GTB; HBJK; HBLH; HRCC2; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403932198
- ISBN
- 9781403932198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.31
€ 123.31
Paperback. This first-hand account of the Geneva Conference of 1954 shows the triumph of old-fashioned diplomacy, which Britain initiated and France completed and offers a better model for the 21st century to follow. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 1FML; 1FMV; GTB; GTJ; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333790007
- ISBN
- 9780333790007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; GTC; JFD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271048765
- ISBN
- 9780271048765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.80€ 72.22
€ 86.80
€ 72.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 736 pages, 34 black & white illustrations, 70 black & white tables, 34 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: GTF; KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 245 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1290.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415643283
- ISBN
- 9780415643283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.22
€ 85.22
Hardback. Talking about Botswana, this book provides information on such topics as the legacy of Christian missionaries, especially David Livingstone, society since Independence, the unique blend of Christianity and ancestral spiritual practices, the AIDS crisis, and more. It also features photos, a chronology, and a glossary. Series: Cultures and Customs of the World. Num Pages: 268 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; GTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780313331787
- ISBN
- 9780313331787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.43€ 50.43
€ 54.43
€ 50.43
Paperback. Explores the mid-nineteenth-century rise of mass electoral democracy in the southwestern region of Colombia. This work describes a rich republicanism characterized by legal rights and popular participation, and explains how this vibrant political culture was created by competing subaltern groups. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332244
- ISBN
- 9780822332244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.12
€ 31.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. The authors trace out the development of capitalism and U.S. imperialism in Latin America in the latest phase of this development, from the installation of the new world order of neoliberal globalization in the early 1980s to the present when U.S. imperialism is held at bay, neoliberalism is in decline, and capitalism is in crisis. Series: Social Movements and Transformation. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JFC; JFF; JFSL; JHB; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349288632
- ISBN
- 9781349288632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.29
€ 37.29
Paperback. This book applies Revolution in Military Affairs theories to explain the various strategic victories and losses for assorted social forces in Colombia and Mexico. These countries form the ideal comparative case study of RMA, both from above by the state, and below by civil society. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371198
- ISBN
- 9781349371198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.86
€ 63.86
Paperback. More and more men and women in China are having sex before marriage, creating a new youth sex culture based on romance, leisure and free choice. Farrer explores this change by tracing the basic elements in talk about sex and sexuality in Shanghai. Series: Chicago Visual Library-French Popular Lithographic Imagery. Num Pages: 412 pages, 10 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFSJ; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226238715
- ISBN
- 9780226238715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.22
€ 35.99
€ 28.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFML; GTF; JPH; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816624379
- ISBN
- 9780816624379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.96
€ 29.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. A leading anthropologist of Africa considers that continent's place within an egregiously imbalanced world economic and social order Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 tables, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398. Africa in the Neoliberal World Order. 272 pages, Illustrations, map. Both on the continent and off, "Africa" is spoken of in terms of crisis. The author develops his argument through a series of provocative essays - as he shows they necessarily must - into interrogations of globalization, modernity, worldwide inequality, and social justice. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JHMP. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight: 386.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337171
- ISBN
- 9780822337171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
Paperback. Once lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia's economic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s was fueled by the export of copper and other primary materials. Since the mid-1970s the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated. This title explores the social and cultural responses to this prolonged period of sharp economic decline. Series: Perspectives on Southern Africa S. Num Pages: 343 pages, 7 figures, 7 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; GTB; JFSG; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 343
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217027
- ISBN
- 9780520217027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Paperback. Wars have negative consequences, not the least impinging on human life, and offer infrequent and uncertain benefits, yet war is part of the human condition. This book features insightful analysis of jus ad bellum ("the right of war") that is grounded in a variety of contemporary examples from World War I through Vietnam. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626160279
- ISBN
- 9781626160279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.94
€ 71.94
Hardback. Politicians and the political process, even in ostensibly democratic countries, can be deadly. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440. 8vo.Good clean copy in clean dustwrapper.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0290784
- ISBN
- 9780745649818
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
hardcover. Focusing on pastoral and lay leadership in the African-American church, this books deals with internal and external issues - such as the tendency towards bifurcated mentality and practices, and the social issue of race and affirmative action. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HRLP5; JFSG; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742502130
- ISBN
- 9780742502130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.76
€ 175.76
paperback. The written word has been a central bearer of culture since antiquity. However, its position is now being challenged by the powerful media of electronic communication. In this book James O'Donnell takes a reading on the promise and the threat of electronic technology for our literate future. Num Pages: 228 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: CFL; GTC; HBG; PDR; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780674001947
- ISBN
- 9780674001947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.14
€ 34.99
€ 29.14
Hardback. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVC; GTJ; JPSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403996909
- ISBN
- 9781403996909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06
Hardcover. An examination of corporate communications as a force behind business disciplines. The text reviews topics such as: external and internal communication; human behaviour in communicating; corporate communication structure; and messages and media in a cost-effective communication. Num Pages: 336 pages, index. BIC Classification: GTC; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780899308951
- ISBN
- 9780899308951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.70€ 77.59
€ 85.70
€ 77.59
Paperback. Demonstrates how research has benefited rice growers and increased production. The book describes the life cycle of a rice crop and explains how research is conducted and how the results end up growing in a farmer's field. The text focuses on Asia and Latin America. Num Pages: 204 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KLC; 1KLS; GTF; KNAC; RNU; TVKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Number of pages
- 204
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228294
- ISBN
- 9780807845936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99