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Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline, Second Edition: Factory Women in Malaysia, Paperback (2nd Ed.) - Aihwa Ong

253,99 RON 271,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Aihwa OngIntroduction by: Carla FreemanIn the two decades since its original publication, Spirits of Resistance and Capital...

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Argillite: Art of the Haida, Paperback - Leslie Drew

251,99 RON 269,99 RON

Reducere. An exploration of the art of the Haida, an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their main territory is the archipela...

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Ableist Rhetoric: How We Know, Value, and See Disability, Paperback - James L. Cherney

251,99 RON 269,99 RON

Reducere. Ableism, a form of discrimination that elevates "able" bodies over those perceived as less capable, remains one of the most widespread areas of sys...

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Peasants Into Frenchmen: The Modernization of Rural France, 1870-1914, Paperback - Eugen Weber

250,99 RON 268,99 RON

Reducere. France achieved national unity much later than is commonly supposed. For a hundred years and more after the Revolution, millions of peasants lived ...

stanford university press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences, sociology & anthropology

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Daidalos at Work: A Phenomenological Approach to the Study of Minoan Architecture, Paperback - Clairy Palyvou

250,00 RON

DescriptionThe Bronze Age was a time of affluence and innovation for Crete, a unique "moment" in the early history of architecture that, in a bizar...

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Down and Out in New Orleans: Transgressive Living in the Informal Economy, Hardcover - Peter J. Marina

248,99 RON

In the years since Hurricane Katrina, the modern-day bohemians of New Orleans have found themselves forced to the edges of poverty by the new touri...

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Flannery O'Connor: Writing a Theology of Disabled Humanity, Paperback - Timothy J. Basselin

248,99 RON 266,99 RON

Reducere. Flannery O'Connor is one of America's most unique Southern authors. Shortly after she began her writing career she was diagnosed with lupus. Despit...

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In Search of Wagner - Theodor Adorno

246,99 RON

DescriptionWritten in exile from Germany, this potent study of Europe's most controversial composer explodes the frontiers of musical and cultural ...

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By Sword and Plow. France and the Conquest of Algeria, Paperback - Jennifer E. Sessions

245,99 RON

Generously illustrated with examples of this imperialist iconography, Sessions's work connects a wide-ranging culture of empire to specific policie...

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The Occult War, Paperback - Emmanuel Malynski

241,99 RON 258,99 RON

Reducere. The Occult War - The Judeo-Masonic Plan to Conquer the World. "Emmanuel Malynski spent thirty years of his life directly observing the development ...

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Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies, Paperback - Calestous Juma

239,99 RON 256,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionIt is a curious situation that technologies we now take for granted have, when first introduced, so often stoked public controversy and ...

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Forged in War: How a Century of War Created Today's Information Society, Hardcover - R. David Lankes

239,99 RON

Many of what we think of as Information Age tools and media --- computers, cell phones, the internet, encryption, and more --- evolved directly out...

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Bulfinch's Mythology (Illustrated): The Age of Fable-The Age of Chivalry-Legends of Charlemagne complete in one volume - Thomas Bulfinch

238,99 RON 255,99 RON

Reducere. "one of the most popular books ever published in the United States and the standard work on classical mythology for nearly a century"-Edith Hamilto...

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Equestrian Cultures: Horses, Human Society, and the Discourse of Modernity, Paperback - Kristen Guest

237,99 RON

DescriptionAs much as dogs, cats, or any domestic animal, horses exemplify the vast range of human-animal interactions. Horses have long been deplo...

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Margins of Reality: The Role of Consciousness in the Physical World - Robert G. Jahn

234,99 RON

DescriptionWHAT HAS MODERN SCIENCE SWEPT UNDER THE RUG? This pioneering work, which sparked intense controversy when it was first published two dec...

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Machiavelli in the Making, Paperback - Claude Lefort

234,99 RON 251,99 RON

Reducere. Machiavelli in the Making is both a novel interpretation of the Florentine's work and a critical document for understanding influential French scho...

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Key Concepts in Mental Health, Paperback - David Pilgrim

234,99 RON

Now in an updated fifth edition, this book provides readers with overviews of all the key theories, concepts and terminology associated with mental...

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Who Wrote the Book of Life?: A History of the Genetic Code, Paperback - Lily E. Kay

233,99 RON 250,99 RON

Reducere. This is a detailed history of one of the most important and dramatic episodes in modern science, recounted from the novel vantage point of the dawn...

stanford university press, carti, carte straina, mathematics & science, biology

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The Natural Genesis Volume 1, Paperback - Gerald Massey

232,99 RON 249,99 RON

Reducere. Gerald Massey's work has become essential for readers seeking a balanced understanding of human origins, religious thought and belief, and the role...

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The Decline and Rise of Democracy: A Global History from Antiquity to Today, Hardcover - David Stasavage

232,99 RON

A new understanding of how and why early democracy took hold, how modern democracy evolved, and what this teaches us about the futureHistorical acc...

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Modern Creation Trilogy: Gift-Boxed Set - Henry Madison Morris

231,99 RON 248,99 RON

Reducere. Utterly fascinating, The Modern Creation Trilogy is the definitive work on the subject, and a must for anyone interested in the study or origins. R...

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The Criminological Imagination, Paperback - Jock Young

231,99 RON 248,99 RON

Reducere. For the last three decades Jock Young's work has had a profound impact on criminology. Yet, in this provocative new book, Young rejects much of wha...

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Social Representations: Essays in Social Psychology - Serge Moscovici

230,99 RON 247,99 RON

Reducere. Considered the leading contemporary European social psychologist for his groundbreaking work on social influence and crowd psychology, Serge Moscov...

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Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy, Hardcover - Francis Fukuyama

229,99 RON 246,99 RON

Reducere. Awards🏆Winner (2015) - PROSE - (Government/Politics)Contributor(s): Author: Francis FukuyamaThe second volume of the bestselling landmark work on t...

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Poverty Narratives and Power Paradoxes in International Trade Negotiations and Beyond, Paperback - Amrita Narlikar

228,99 RON

In this work, Amrita Narlikar argues that, contrary to common assumption, modern-day politics displays a surprising paradox: poverty - and the powe...

cambridge university press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences

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US Foreign Policy. Domestic Roots and International Impact, Paperback - Richard Johnson

228,99 RON

This textbook provides a valuable introduction to the construction and application of US foreign policy in the modern era, encouraging readers to t...

bristol university press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences, warfare & defence

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How to Be a Happy Academic: A Guide to Being Effective in Research, Writing and Teaching, Paperback - Alexander Clark

225,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Alexander ClarkAuthor: Bailey SousaWant to be an effective, successful and happy academic? This book helps you hone your sk...

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The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935, Paperback - David Forgacs

225,99 RON 241,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: David ForgacsEditor: Eric J. Hobsbawmwith a new introduction by ERIC J. HOBSBAWM "Very usefully pulls the key passages from...

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Secular Lyric: The Modernization of the Poem in Poe, Whitman, and Dickinson, Paperback - John Michael

223,99 RON

Secular Lyric interrogates the distinctively individual ways that Poe, Whitman, and Dickinson transformed classical, romantic, and early modern for...

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The Language Teacher Toolkit, Paperback - Steven Smith

215,99 RON 231,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Steven SmithAuthor: Gianfranco Conti"Strongly recommend the book: a must-have" "Chapeau Already on our trainee reading list...

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Understanding Life: An Introduction to the Psychology of Alfred Adler, Paperback - Alfred Adler

215,99 RON 231,99 RON

Reducere. Alfred Adler was a highly-respected contemporary of Freud, and, with Freud and Jung, is regarded as one of the founding fathers of modern psycholog...

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The 'satr' Edda: Sacred Lore of the North, Paperback - The Norroena Society

212,99 RON 227,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: The Norroena SocietyFrom the ashes arises the sacred lore of the North, the ancient stories and proverbial wisdom of thesat...

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The Leviathan in the State Theory of Thomas Hobbes: Meaning and Failure of a Political Symbol, Paperback - Carl Schmitt

209,99 RON

One of the most significant political philosophers of the twentieth century, Carl Schmitt is a deeply controversial figure who has been labeled bot...

university of chicago press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences

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The Fourth Political Theory, Paperback - Alexander Dugin

208,99 RON

All the political systems of the modern age have been the products of three distinct ideologies: the first, and oldest, is liberal democracy; the s...

arktos media ltd, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences, politics & government

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The Crescent and the Compass: Islam, Freemasonry, Esotericism and Revolution in the Modern Age, Hardcover - Angel Millar

207,99 RON 222,99 RON

Reducere. A timely survey of radical spirituality and political activism in Islam and the West over the last century and a half, The Crescent And The Compass...

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Curanderismo: Mexican American Folk Healing, 2nd Ed. - Robert T. Trotter

206,99 RON 221,99 RON

Reducere. The practice of curanderismo, or Mexican American folk medicine, is part of a historically and culturally important health care system deeply roote...

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Dream Trippers: Global Daoism and the Predicament of Modern Spirituality, Paperback - David A. Palmer

205,99 RON

Over the past few decades, Daoism has become a recognizable part of Western ``alternative`` spiritual life. Now, that Westernized version of Daoism...

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Metaphysics of Power, Paperback - Julius Evola

203,99 RON 218,99 RON

Reducere. 'The nobility must awaken, or else resign itself to perish, and not even gloriously: to perish by corrosion and fatal submersion. To awaken - that ...

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Off the Wall: Political Posters of the Lebanese Civil War - Zeina Maasri

200,99 RON

DescriptionIn this lavishly illustrated work, Zeina Maasri tells the tumultuous story of the struggle for Lebanon through the poster wars which rag...

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Only the Dead: The Persistence of War in the Modern Age, Hardcover - Bear F. Braumoeller

200,99 RON

The idea that war is going out of style has become the conventional wisdom in recent years. But in Only the Dead, award-winning author Bear Braumoe...

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University in Ruins (Revised) - Bill Readings

199,99 RON

DescriptionIt is no longer clear what role the University plays in society. The structure of the contemporary University is changing rapidly, and w...

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Reading for Reform: The Social Work of Literature in the Progressive Era, Paperback - Laura R. Fisher

197,99 RON

DescriptionAn unprecedented examination of class-bridging reform and U.S. literary history at the turn of the twentieth century Reading for Reform ...

university of minnesota press, carti, carte straina, earth sciences

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The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820-1900, Paperback - Theodore M. Porter

197,99 RON 211,99 RON

Reducere. An essential work on the origins of statistics The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820-1900 explores the history of statistics from the field's orig...

princeton university press, carti, carte straina, mathematics & science

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Anna May Wong: Performing the Modern, Paperback - Shirley Jennifer Lim

196,99 RON 210,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionPioneering Chinese American actress Anna May Wong made more than sixty films, headlined theater and vaudeville productions, and even sta...

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Disenchanted Night: Industrialization of Light 19th Century, Paperback - Wolfgang Schivelbusch

194,99 RON

Wolfgang Schivelbusch tells the story of the development of artificial light in the nineteenth century. Not simply a history of a technology, Disen...

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Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History, Hardcover - Joseph Telushkin

194,99 RON 208,99 RON

Reducere. Award NameNational Jewish Book AwardAward categoryBiography/Autobiography"One of the greatest religious biographies ever written." - Dennis PragerI...

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Knowledge and Decisions, Paperback - Thomas Sowell

193,99 RON

With a new preface by the author, this reissue of Thomas Sowell's classic study of decision making updates his seminal work in the context of The V...

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The Asatru Edda: Sacred Lore of the North, Paperback - The Norroena Society

193,99 RON 207,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: The Norroena SocietyFrom the ashes rises the sacred lore of the North, the ancient stories and proverbial wisdom of the Asa...

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The Seduction of Unreason: The Intellectual Romance with Fascism from Nietzsche to Postmodernism, Second Edition, Paperback - Richard Wolin

193,99 RON

Ever since the shocking revelations of the fascist ties of Martin Heidegger and Paul de Man, postmodernism has been haunted by the specter of a com...

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A Social and Cultural History of Early Modern France - William Beik

193,99 RON 207,99 RON

Reducere. A magisterial history of French society between the end of the middle ages and the Revolution by one of the world's leading authorities on early mo...

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Mean Genes: From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts, Paperback - Terry Burnham

193,99 RON

Why do we want--and why do we do--so many things that are bad for us? And how can we stop? In Mean Genes economist Terry Burnham and biologist Jay ...

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The Odinist Edda: Sacred Lore of the North, Paperback - The Norroena Society

190,99 RON 204,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: The Norroena SocietyFrom the ashes arises the sacred lore of the North, the ancient stories and proverbial wisdom of the Od...

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The History of Spain, Paperback - Peter Pierson

190,99 RON 204,99 RON

Reducere. Every school and public library should update its resources on Spain with this lively and succinct narrative of Spain's long and rich historical ex...

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Theory of Society, Volume 2, Paperback - Niklas Luhmann

190,99 RON 204,99 RON

Reducere. This second volume of Niklas Luhmann's two-part final work was first published in German in 1997. The culmination of his thirty-year theoretical pr...

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Restoring the Goddess: Equal Rites for Modern Women, Hardcover - Barbara G. Walker

189,99 RON 203,99 RON

Reducere. In the beginning, in the time that was no time, nothing existed but the Womb. And the Womb was a limitless dark cauldron of all things in potential...

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Drew Struzan: Oeuvre, Hardcover - Drew Struzan

188,99 RON

Drew Struzan has created some of the most iconic movie posters of the last 30 years, including Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars: The Empire Strik...

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Reconstructing Lenin: An Intellectual Biography, Paperback - Tamas Krausz

185,99 RON

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin is among the most enigmatic and influential figures of the twentieth century. While his life and work are crucial to any unde...

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Bringing the State Back In, Paperback - Peter Evans

185,99 RON 199,99 RON

Reducere. Until recently, dominant theoretical paradigms in the comparative social sciences did not highlight states as organizational structures or as poten...

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Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society: The Life of Marx and the Development of His Work, Hardcover - Alex Locascio

185,99 RON

DescriptionFor over a century, Karl Marx's critique of capitalism has been a crucial resource for social movements. Now, recent economic crises hav...

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The Entire City, a commentary on three texts, Hardcover - Ian Dallas

185,00 RON

The final book in Dallas' 'The Political Writings' is the culmination of his life's work. It begins with a proposal, that what happens in life simu...

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The Cambridge Social History of Modern Ireland, Paperback - Eugenio F. Biagini

182,99 RON

Covering three centuries of unprecedented demographic and economic changes, this textbook is an authoritative and comprehensive view of the shaping...

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Power of Feasts, Paperback - Brian Hayden

181,99 RON 194,99 RON

Reducere. In this book, Brian Hayden provides the first comprehensive, theoretical work on the history of feasting in pre-industrial societies. As an importa...

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Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, Paperback - Raymond Williams

181,99 RON 194,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Raymond WilliamsFirst published in 1976, Raymond Williams' highly acclaimed Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society i...

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Other Ways of Growing Old: Anthropological Perspectives, Paperback - Pamela T. Amoss

181,99 RON 194,99 RON

Reducere. As anthropologists, we offer this book about aging in a wide variety of human societies in the hope of its making three contributions. First, this ...

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The Write Thing: Kwame Alexander Engages Students in Writing Workshop, Paperback - Kwame Alexander

181,99 RON 194,99 RON

Reducere. Imagine having a Newbery Medal-winning author in your classroom as an advisor and a friend, providing personal and practical advice on how to teach...

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What Is to Be Done?, Paperback - Nikolai Chernyshevsky

179,99 RON

"No work in modern literature, with the possible exception of Uncle Tom's Cabin, can compete with What Is to Be Done? in its effect on human lives ...

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Leviathan: Or the Matter, Forme, and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, Paperback - Thomas Hobbes

177,99 RON

DescriptionA cornerstone of modern western philosophy, addressing the role of man in government, society and religion In 1651, Hobbes published his...

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Status: Why Is It Everywhere? Why Does It Matter?: Why Is It Everywhere? Why Does It Matter?, Paperback - Cecilia L. Ridgeway

177,99 RON 190,99 RON

Reducere. Status is ubiquitous in modern life, yet our understanding of its role as a driver of inequality is limited. In Status, sociologist and social psyc...

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God, Freedom & Human Dignity: Embracing a God-Centered Identity in a Me-Centered Culture, Paperback - Ron Highfield

177,99 RON 190,99 RON

Reducere. Does God's all-encompassing will restrict our freedom? Does God's ownership and mastery over us diminish our dignity? The fear that God is a threat...

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Jewish Self-Hate, Paperback - Theodor Lessing

177,99 RON 190,99 RON

Reducere. The diagnosis of Jewish self-hatred has become almost a commonplace in contemporary cultural and political debates, but the concept's origins are n...

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