Stanford University Press Forlag
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America's Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Examination of U.S.-Saudi relations, the development of the oil frontier, and the enduring legacy of racial segregation at the Aramco camps.
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Dialectic of Enlightenment (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This is a new, improved translation of the most influential publication of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Adorno and Horkheimer aimed "to explain why humanity, instead of entering a truly human state, is sinking into a new kind of barbarism."
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Sir Edward Coke and the Elizabethan Age (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634), the first judge to strike down a law, gave us modern common law by turning medieval common law inside-out. Through his resisting... Læs mere
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Political Fallout: Nuclear Weapons Testing and the Making of a Global Environmental Crisis (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
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MITI and the Japanese Miracle: The Growth of Industrial Policy, 1925-1975 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Focuses on the Japanese economic bureaucracy, particularly on the famous Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), as the leading state actor in the economy.
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The Subject of Human Rights (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
"This multidisciplinary volume explores the relationship between human rights and the subject. Each chapter considers how human rights norms and practices affect the way we... Læs mere
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The Power of Deserts: Climate Change, the Middle East, and the Promise of a Post-Oil Era (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: Skaffevare (forvent 14 - 30 hverdage)
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Social Space and Governance in Urban China: The Danwei System from Origins to Reform (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The danwei (workunit) has been the fundamental social and spatial unit of urban China under socialism. With... Læs mere
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Art As a Social System (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This is an analysis of art as a social and perceptual system by one of Germany's leading social theorist of the late 20th century. It is intended to represent an intellectual step in discussions of art and an important advance in systems theory.
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The Wizards of Armageddon (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This is the untold story of the small group of men who have devised the plans and shaped the policies on how to use the Bomb. The book (first published in 1983) explores the... Læs mere
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Flesh of My Flesh (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
What is a woman? What is a man? How do they - and how should they - relate to each other? Does our yearning for 'wholeness' refer to something real, and if there is a Whole, what is it, and why do we feel so estranged from it? This book offers a promising view of human relations.
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Pursuing Citizenship in the Enforcement Era (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
"Ming Hsu Chen provides readers with the everyday perspectives of immigrants on what it is like to try to integrate into American society during a time when immigration policy is focused on enforcement and exclusion"--
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