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Paperback. Rev. ed. of: The poorhouse: subsidized housing in Chicago, 1895-1976. c1978. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809330522
ISBN
9780809330522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.91

Paperback. This text describes the historical interrelationships in Europe between population, land, resources, and disease. By integrating the key component of culture the author provides a social and narrative history, from the first peopling of Europe to the end of the 20th century. Series: Making of Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; HBJD; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 187 x 13. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631218814
ISBN
9780631218814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.92

Hardback. "The POSCO Strategy" brings to life one of the world's great industrial success stories. Told by William T. Hogan, a commentator on the global steel industry, the work traces the meteoric rise of South Korea's Pohang Iron and Steel Company and the incredible impact it has had on this small country. Num Pages: 128 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; GTB; KCM; KCZ; KNJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739103012
ISBN
9780739103012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.82

paperback. Taking a look at white supremacy, this work argues that racism is a matter of interests as well as attitudes, a problem of property as well as pigment. This work shows how whiteness works in respect to Asian Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. It also analyzes the centrality of whiteness to US culture. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; HBJK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Revised, Expanded ed.
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592134946
ISBN
9781592134946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Hardback. Features an analysis of the Asian financial crisis and its impacts on the economies of the region by thirty-five scholars and professionals working in the area. This volume contains a detailed analysis of the root causes of the crisis. It presents the analysis with a quantitative approach and also a more qualitative approach. Editor(s): Hooley, R.; Yoo, J.H.; Dutta, Manoranjan. Series: Research in Asian Economic Studies. Num Pages: 834 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; GTN; KCH; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 67. Weight in Grams: 1300. Series: Research in Asian Economic Studies. 834 pages. Editor(s): Hooley, R.; Yoo, J.H.; Dutta, Manoranjan. Features an analysis of the Asian financial crisis and its impacts on the economies of the region by thirty-five scholars and professionals working in the area. This volume contains a detailed analysis of the root causes of the crisis. It presents the analysis with a quantitative approach and also a more qualitative approach. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; GTN; KCH; KFF. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 67. Weight: 1300.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Number of pages
834
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762308132
ISBN
9780762308132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.82

Paperback. A comparative account of the organized violence in the Caucasus region, looking at four key areas: Chechnya, Karabakh (including Armenia and Azerbaijan), Georgia, and Dagestan Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1DVU; GTB; HBJD; HBTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814797242
ISBN
9780814797242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.10

paperback. Analyses the distribution of power in the EU across levels of governance and supranational institutions. Num Pages: 372 pages, 43 tables. BIC Classification: GTB; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521689328
ISBN
9780521689328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 46.42

Hardback. Analyzes how turn-of-the-twentieth-century male and female writers, educators, and activists reinterpreted both historical Chinese and modern Western women's biographies to promote their divergent visions of womanhood and nationhood. Num Pages: 416 pages, 51 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755894
ISBN
9780804755894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 149 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
149
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865974098
ISBN
9780865974098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.74

Hardback. The sprawling nominating process is the critical first step every four years in the election of the president. This work shows how the nominating process works, how that compares to other countries, and how it might be changed to give a more meaningful voice to a much larger number of voters. Series: American Political Challenges. Num Pages: 184 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 180 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742525931
ISBN
9780742525931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.95

Paperback. The sprawling nominating process is the critical first step every four years in the election of the president. This work shows how the nominating process works, how that compares to other countries, and how it might be changed to give a more meaningful voice to a much larger number of voters. Series: American Political Challenges. Num Pages: 184 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742525948
ISBN
9780742525948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.52

Paperback. A Marxist interpretation of Korean migrant workers struggles in Japan during the 1920s and 1930s. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 tables, 1 map, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPK; GTB; HBJF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822344179
ISBN
9780822344179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.97

Paperback. A study of the effects of translation practices and historical writings in the Philippines on questions of nationalism Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; JHMC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822336648
ISBN
9780822336648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.89

Paperback. A study of how various Indian scholars, over the course of a century or more, have rejected the idea of an external origin of the Indo Aryans by questioning the very logic, assumptions and methods upon which the theory is based. Inthe process, Bryant presents a complete exposition and analysis of views addressing the issue of Indo-Aryan origins. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11 maps, 1 halftone & 4 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBJF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195169478
ISBN
9780195169478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.15

Paperback. At the time of his arrest by French paratroopers during the Battle of Algiers in June of 1957, Henri Alleg was a French journalist who supported Algerian independence. He was interrogated for one month. During this imprisonment, Alleg was questioned under torture. This book presents an account of that month and of his triumph over his torturers. Num Pages: 74 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; GTB; HB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
Bison Books Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259607
ISBN
9780803259607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.32

Paperback. Presenting examinations of the lives of Bulgarian women, this ethnography challenges the idea that women have fared worse than men in Eastern Europe's transition from socialism to a market economy. It also highlights how, prior to 1989, the communist planners sought to create full employment for them and steered women into the service sector. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; JFSJ1; JHMC; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 316 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822336624
ISBN
9780822336624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.87

paperback. Places the controversy initiated by the Tibetan Tsong kha pa - who elaborated on one of the eight difficult points in understanding Madhyamaka philosophy - in its Indian and Tibetan context. Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; GTB; HRA; HRE; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138984837
ISBN
9781138984837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.21

Hardcover. The tenth century Syrian Orthodox scholar Yahya ibn Adi offered encouragement to the effort to promote moral perfection. The text now stands as an important Christian contribution to a strand of moral philosophy that is part of the world of Islam. Translator(s): Griffith, Sidney H. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HP; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
FARMS (imprint of Brigham Young University) United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934893695
ISBN
9780934893695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.95

Hardback. This work documents the drawn-out debates and the decisions that led to the complete reunification of the Amami Islands with Japan. It traces the US military's insistence on occupying Okinawa and the Amami Islands under the rationale of increased international security. Series: Studies of Modern Japan. Num Pages: 168 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739107102
ISBN
9780739107102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.56

paperback. Argues that crucial twentieth-century revolutionary challenges to colonialism and capitalism in the Americas have failed to resist - and in fact have been constitutively related to - the very developmentalist narratives that have justified and naturalized post-war capitalism. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFC; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331667
ISBN
9780822331667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.17

Paperback. The River Rhine is Europe's important commercial waterway, channeling the flow of trade among Switzerland, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. This study focuses on the river from the moment when the Congress of Vienna established a multinational commission charged with making the river more efficient for purposes of trade and commerce in 1815. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTB; HBJD; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985008
ISBN
9780295985008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. A vivid and provocative look at how the world gets Africa wrong, and how a resurgent Africa is forcing us to think again - updated with a new preface for the paperback Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 x 8pp colour plates & maps. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780226859
ISBN
9781780226859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.00
€ 13.13

Paperback. An introduction to the history, culture, and politics of the world s largest country, from the earliest written accounts of the Russian people to today. Editor(s): Barker, Adele Marie; Grant, Bruce. Series: The World Readers. Num Pages: 784 pages, 96 photos, incl. 8 pg color insert, 1 table, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; HBJD; JFC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1126.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
896
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346487
ISBN
9780822346487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. Explores the history of scrapbook-making, its origins, uses, forms and purposes, as well as the human agents behind the books themselves. Scrapbooks bring pleasure in both the making and consuming. This volume considers the makers, their artefacts, and the viewers within the context of American culture. Editor(s): Tucker, Susan; Ott, Katherine. Num Pages: 320 pages, 65 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 182 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Temple University Press
Edition
First Softcover
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592134786
ISBN
9781592134786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.18

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