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SEEDS OF CHANGE: SIX PLANTS THAT TRANSFORMED MANKIND
Written by Henry Hobhouse.
Stock no. 1827326
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Brown cloth spine with green title block and gilt title. Pictorial paper boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed, slightly unevenly faded and a little rubbed.

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THE TRANSFORMATION OF CITIZENSHIP VOLUME 3: STRUGGLE, RESISTANCE AND VIOLENCE
Written by Jurgen Mackert; Bryan S. Turner.
Stock no. 1326568
Published by Routledge. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition.

Examining the fact that all over the world the rights of citizens have come under enormous pressure and addresses the many ways in which people are 'making claims' against both autocratic and democratic authority. Black boards. 154 pages. ISBN: 9781138672888. Lower corners of preliminary pages are lightly creased else a fine copy.

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MEXICO CITY (WORLD CITIES)
Written by Peter M. Ward.
Stock no. 1826397
Published by John Wiley & Sons. 2nd 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Revised Second Edition. Mexico City is one of the largest and most dynamic 'megacities' of the world. The last four decades of dramatic growth have seen great economic, demographic, political and social change. Does such profound change threaten the fabric of urban life in Mexio? Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 047197529X. Inscription in ink to half-title page, minor foxing to top edge of text block else contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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TERRITORIAL AMBITIONS AND THE GARDENS OF VERSAILLES
Written by Chandra Mukerji.
Stock no. 1825209
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

An original and important contribution to cultural sociology. Cardwraps. 393 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780521599589. Cardcover corners lightly rubbed, tiny knock to vertical edge of rear cover. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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TERRITORIAL AMBITIONS AND THE GARDENS OF VERSAILLES
Written by Chandra Mukerji.
Stock no. 1324892
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition.

An original and important contribution to cultural sociology. Cardwraps. 393 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780521599589. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine. Contents clean.

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TRAINS, CULTURE AND MOBILITY: RIDING THE RAILS
Written by Benjamin Fraser; Steven Spalding.
Stock no. 1324737
Published by Lexington Books. 1st 2012. Very good condition.

Essays highlighting the complexity of the modern experience of train mobility and its salient relation to a number of cultural discourses. Glazed boards. 309 pages. ISBN: 9780739167496. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight rubbing to corners. Small dent to lower edges of textblock.

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ECOPIETY: GREEN MEDIA AND THE DILEMMA OF ENVIRONMENTAL VIRTUE
Written by Sarah McFarland Taylor.
Stock no. 1823881
Published by New York University Press. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

An absorbing examination of the intersections of environmental sensibilities, contemporary expressions of piety and devotion, and American popular culture. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781479891313. Slight wear to lower front corner of covers and prelims.

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THE ORIGIN OF HUMAN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Written by W.G. Runciman.
Stock no. 1322648
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

These papers bring an interdisciplinary approach to bear on what is arguable the central question in the study of human social evolution. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 259 pages. B/w diagrams. Published for The British Adademy, this is Proceedings of the British Academy 110. ISBN: 0197262503.

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ENGLISH ACROSS CULTURES CULTURES ACROSS ENGLISH
Written by Ofelia Garcia; Ricardo Otheguy.
Stock no. 1822178
Published by Mouton De Gruyter. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition.

A Reader in Cross-Cultural Communication. Contributions to the Sociology of Language series no. 53. Blue cloth boards with white titles. xxi and 492 pages including index. ISBN: 0899255132. A few light scuff marks to boards else a fine copy.

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DEMANDING WORK - THE PARADOX OF JOB QUALITY IN THE AFFLUENT ECONOMY
Written by Francis Green.
Stock no. 1319662
Published by Princeton University Press. Circa 2007. Good condition.

Using an interdisciplinary approach, Demanding Work shows how aspects of job quality of work life stem from technological change and transformations in the politico-economic environment. Cardwraps. 225 pages. ISBN: 9780691134413. Second printing, first paperback edition. Ex-lib with usual stamps and labels. Covers have been covered with laminate.

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HELPING OUT: CHILDREN'S LABOR IN ETHNIC BUSINESSES
Written by Miri Song.
Stock no. 1816343
Published by Temple University Press. 1st 1999. Very good condition.

What jobs do children perform in ethnic businesses and on behalf of their parents? How do they understand and experience their labor? This book addresses the centrality of children's labor participation in various family-based ethnic enterprises, especially the case of Chinese families running take-out food businesses in Britain. Cardwraps. ISBN: 156639709X. Covers a little creased, text block a little grubby. A few pencil highlights.

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DEMANDING CLEAN FOOD AND WATER
Written by Joan Goldstein.
Stock no. 680358
Published by Plenum. 1st 1990. As new condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The fight for a basic human right. ISBN: 0306435705. Wrapper very very slightly internally edge-browned.

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