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Paperback. Leading scholars working on Buddhism and politics in South and Southeast Asia add to current discussions regarding 'Engaged Buddhism' and the recent work on protests. The writers have mostly established themselves in their fields, offering a diverse approach and country-by-country coverage. Editor(s): Kitiarsa, Pattana; Whalen-Bridge, John. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HPS; HR; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349462001
- ISBN
- 9781349462001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.57
€ 63.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 171 x 22. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Poland
- Edition
- Critical
- Condition
- New
- Number of pages
- 416
- SKU
- V9788323332169
- ISBN
- 9788323332169
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Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Paperback. How should a six-year-old be approached for an interview? What questions and topics are appropriate for twelve year olds? Do parents need to give their approval for all studies? This work features essays on the subject of youth that address these concerns, providing scholars with practical answers to their many methodological concerns. Editor(s): Best, Amy L. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799536
- ISBN
- 9780814799536
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.10
€ 36.99
€ 31.10
Hardback. Addresses the startling fact that many African American intellectuals in the 1930s sympathized with fascism, seeing in its ideology a means of envisioning new modes of African American political resistance. This book surveys the work and thought of several authors to have an understanding of Depression-era African American literary culture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; DSBH; JFC; JFSL3; JPFQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926704
- ISBN
- 9780813926704
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Condition: New
€ 79.10
€ 79.10
The Political Economy of an Emerging Global Power: In Search of the Br...
Casanova, Lourdes; Kassum, Julian
paperback. Discusses whether Brazil's rise on the global stage is barely beginning or if it has already hit a plateau, held back by domestic challenges and the external constraints of the global governance system. Describes how Brazil is developing its own model of growth and development, and the role of the state in Brazilian business and industry. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JPS; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349469161
- ISBN
- 9781349469161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.24
€ 63.24
paperback. Attacking the illusion of simplicity which has dominated positivistic approaches and the out-dated identification of anthropology with non-Western, primitive, and tribal societies, Barrett contends that power and privilege everywhere should be the basic concerns of anthropological inquiry. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 435.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802067180
- ISBN
- 9780802067180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.49
€ 42.99
€ 37.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349419661
- ISBN
- 9781349419661
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Condition: New
€ 121.48
€ 121.48
Paperback. Examines the work of a generation of Japanese intellectuals who, like their European counterparts, saw modernity as a spectacle of ceaseless change that uprooted the dominant historical culture from its fixed values and substituted a culture based on fantasy and desire. Num Pages: 480 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095486
- ISBN
- 9780691095486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.96€ 45.52
€ 57.96
€ 45.52
Paperback. Features the essays that consider how Western societies think about and use goods, how goods shape female, as well as male, identities, how labor in the family came to be divided between a male breadwinner and a female consumer, and how fashion and cosmetics shape women's notions of themselves and the society in which they live. Editor(s): Grazia, Victoria De; Furlough, Ellen. Num Pages: 443 pages, 44 b&w photographs, 13 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 443
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520201972
- ISBN
- 9780520201972
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.65
€ 37.99
€ 27.65
Hardback. Placing the therapeutic process in its socio-cultural context, this work offers encouragement to therapists in evolving their own personal understanding and direction. The text adopts a binocular vision of the therapist as subject and object in its analysis. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 145 x 215 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568215457
- ISBN
- 9781568215457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.03
€ 152.03
paperback. The nations of Latin America came into being without a strong sense of national purpose and identity. This book offers a cultural history of one nation's efforts to determine its nature, its destiny, and its place among the nations of the world. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 b&w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520082847
- ISBN
- 9780520082847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.99€ 36.04
€ 69.99
€ 36.04
Paperback. Contextualizing the topos of the neglected child within a variety of discourses, this book challenges the assumption that the early nineteenth century witnessed a clear transition from a Puritan to a liberating approach to children and demonstrates that oppressive assumptions survive in major texts considered part of the Romantic cult of childhood. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349333134
- ISBN
- 9781349333134
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Condition: New
€ 63.94
€ 63.94
Paperback. Presents an interdisciplinary and comprehensive review of social scientific research and theory about bisexuality. This book includes articles that cover early research in which bisexuality was conceptualized as "situational homosexuality," and research on bisexuality as an authentic sexual orientation. Editor(s): Rust, Paula C. Rodriguez. Num Pages: 682 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 178 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1271.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 682
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102278
- ISBN
- 9780231102278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.84
€ 65.84
Paperback. Editor(s): Barker, Theo; Sutcliffe, Anthony. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349230532
- ISBN
- 9781349230532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.62
€ 185.62
Hardback. Series: Archives Internationales D'histoire Des Idees./International Archives of the History of Ideas. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789024715404
- ISBN
- 9789024715404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.77
€ 127.77
Paperback. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HDDA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226470856
- ISBN
- 9780226470856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Reviews the role of culture in social explanation. Contributors examine the relationship between the economic and the cultural. They agree that the boundaries of production and consumption are themselves cultural constructs, but offer various remedies for the problems created by this. Editor(s): Melling, Joseph; Barry, Jonathan. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859893800
- ISBN
- 9780859893800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.87
€ 29.99
€ 26.87
Paperback. Translator(s): Maraniss, James E. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSC; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822318651
- ISBN
- 9780822318651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.13
€ 34.99
€ 31.13
Hardback. This volume explores the search for meaning among people in China today. The subjects of these essays span the social spectrum from hip young entrepreneurs to sweatshop workers and homeless beggars, with the issues ranging from domestic violence to homosexuality to political corruption. Editor(s): Link, Perry; Madsen, Richard; Pickowicz, Paul G. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; JFC; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742510784
- ISBN
- 9780742510784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.12
€ 196.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 32. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740449
- ISBN
- 9780804740449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.89
€ 107.89
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333628171
- ISBN
- 9780333628171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.56
€ 122.56
Hardcover. The rise in popularity of South Korean entertainment and culture began and is promoted as an official policy of the Korean government to revive the country's economy. This study examines cultural production and consumption, glocalization, the West versus. Asia, global race consciousness, and changing views of masculinity and femininity. Editor(s): Kuwahara, Yasue. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JFCA; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350275
- ISBN
- 9781137350275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.58
€ 143.58
Hardcover. Cultural heritage is material - tangible and intangible - that signifies a culture's history or legacy. But who defines what is to be preserved and what is to be erased? This book examines cases from Greece, Spain, Egypt, UK, Zimbabwe, Central America and more. Editor(s): Silverman, Helaine. Num Pages: 286 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HD; JFC; KNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441973047
- ISBN
- 9781441973047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.76
€ 69.76
Hardback. Considering films such as Candyman, Frozen, and The Cabin in the Woods, Michael J. Blouin contends that fantastic tales allow audiences to maintain the status quo instead of inspiring purposeful action. Num Pages: 257 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; APFB; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137531957
- ISBN
- 9781137531957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18