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South Indian Ocean Islands
hardcover. This book examines encounters between the living and the dead in nineteenth-century highland Madagascar, considering the challenges that ghostly actors pose for writing history. Num Pages: 394 pages, 45 b/w illus. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1HSM; HDD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 185 x 260 x 29. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107036093
- ISBN
- 9781107036093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.84
€ 83.84
Paperback. In the gloom it came along the branches towards me, its round, hypnotic eyes blazing, its spoon-like ears turning to and fro independently like radar dishes ..it was Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky come to life ..one of the most incredible creatures I had ever been privileged to meet. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HSM; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Viking
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780670920686
- ISBN
- 9780670920686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
Hardcover. The global agenda of Nature conservation has led to the creation of the Masoala National Park in Madagascar and to an exhibit in its support at a Swiss zoo, the centerpiece of which is a mini-rainforest replica. Does such a cooperation also trigger a connection between ordinary people in these two far-flung places? Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 1HSM; JHMC; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385523
- ISBN
- 9781782385523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.87
€ 158.87
Paperback. Series: Helm Field Guides. Num Pages: 336 pages, 350 maps, 123 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1HSM; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472924094
- ISBN
- 9781472924094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.47
€ 45.99
€ 37.47
Paperback. The only field guide to every species recorded in Seychelles, covering over 250 species. Series: Helm Field Guides. Num Pages: 176 pages, 65 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1HSY; PSVW6; WNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408151518
- ISBN
- 9781408151518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.11
€ 42.99
€ 30.11
Hardback. This is the first book to compare the experiences of displaced Chagos islanders in Mauritius with the experiences of those Chagossians who have moved to the UK since 2002. It provides a unique ethnographic comparative study of forced displacement and onward migration within the living memory of one community. Series Editor(s): Smith, Alexander. Series: New Ethnographies. Num Pages: 176 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HS; JFFN; JHM. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719084300
- ISBN
- 9780719084300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.63
€ 152.63
hardcover. This book explores the context in which Indian convicts were transported to Mauritius after the British took control, and put to work building the infrastructure necessary to fuel the expansion of the sugar industry. It is shows how convicts experienced transportation and were integrated. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HSU; 3JH; HBJF; HBJH; HBLL; JKVP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333761120
- ISBN
- 9780333761120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.39
€ 122.39
Hardback. Num Pages: 468 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 70 colour illustrations, 45 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1HSU; KCA; KCS; KFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 217 x 33. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319394343
- ISBN
- 9783319394343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.63
€ 125.63
Hardcover. The landscapes of Madagascar have long delighted zoologists, who have discovered, in and among the island's baobad trees and thickets, a dizzying array of animals, including something approaching one hundred species of lemur. This book helps you explore these land animal extinctions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 21 colour plates, 87 halftones, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1HSM; PSAF; RNKH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143972
- ISBN
- 9780226143972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.10
€ 50.99
€ 39.10
Paperback. Deals with conservation and development in Madagascar Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 b&w, 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HSM; GTB; KNAL; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253005779
- ISBN
- 9780253005779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.83
€ 29.99
€ 26.83
Hardback. Deals with conservation and development in Madagascar Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 b&w, 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HSM; GTB; KNAL; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253003096
- ISBN
- 9780253003096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.57
€ 80.57
Paperback. Adventures around the Maldives archipelago into the unexplored edges of paradise. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HSV; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Nicholas Brealey Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857886276
- ISBN
- 9781857886276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.64
€ 19.99
€ 14.64
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary work presents essays on disease and medicine in the Indian Ocean World, spanning over a millennium. It is the first work on medical history in the region. Themes include medical theory, concepts of fertility, material culture, healing, diplomacy, and colonialism, public health, slavery, migrant labour, and medicine. Editor(s): Winterbottom, Anna; Tesfaye, Facil. Series: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HS; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBLC1; HBLH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137567604
- ISBN
- 9781137567604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.45
€ 111.45
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary work presents essays on disease, medicine, and healing in the Indian Ocean World. It is the first work on medical history in the region. Themes include medical theory, concepts of fertility, material culture, healing, diplomacy, and colonialism, public health, slavery, migrant labour, and medicine. Editor(s): Winterbottom, Anna. Series: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1HS; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBLC1; HBLH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137567611
- ISBN
- 9781137567611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.41
€ 154.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 115 pages. BIC Classification: 1HSU; JFSC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634857826
- ISBN
- 9781634857826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 134.45€ 101.41
€ 134.45
€ 101.41
Paperback. Reveals the truth of how the United States conspired with Britain to forcibly expel Diego Garcia's indigenous people - the Chagossians - and deport them to slums in Mauritius and the Seychelles, where most live in dire poverty. This title chronicles the Chagossians' story as they struggle to survive in exile and fight to return to their homeland. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones. 2 tables. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1HS; HB; JHMC; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- With a New afterword by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149837
- ISBN
- 9780691149837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.88
€ 36.99
€ 26.88
Paperback. Long considered both best friend and worst enemy to humankind, fire is at once creative and destructive. In the endangered tropical paradise of Madagascar, the two faces of fires have fueled a century- long conflict between rural farmers and island leaders. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HSM; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226461410
- ISBN
- 9780226461410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.65
€ 42.99
€ 32.65
Hardback. Provides critical insight into the dynamics of contemporary Mauritian society. In this researched study of ethnic, gender and racial discrimination in Mauritius, the author, a native anthropologist, addresses debates carried out in many developing societies on subaltern identities, ethnicity, poverty and social injustice. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 15 photos, 5 maps and 3 diagrams. BIC Classification: 1HSU; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450755
- ISBN
- 9781845450755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.58
€ 158.58
Paperback. Betafo, a rural community in central Madagascar, is divided between descendants of nobles and descendants of slaves. Anthropologist David Graeber uncovers the layers of historical, social, and cultural knowledge required to understand a disastrous communal ordeal and elaborates a new view of power, inequality, and the political role of narrative. Num Pages: 488 pages, 9 figures, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1HSM; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219152
- ISBN
- 9780253219152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.18
€ 34.99
€ 31.18
Paperback. Two thousand years ago, Madagascar was probably uninhabited. An island twice the size of Great Britain, it was home to unique species of flora and fauna that were undisturbed by humanity until the first navigators landed on its shores. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HSM; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850659471
- ISBN
- 9781850659471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.64
€ 23.99
€ 22.64
Paperback. Madagascar Highlights Guide - Travel information and expert tips including trip planning and tour operators, endemic wildlife, birdwatching and must-see sights. This full-colour guide features detailed maps, suggested itineraries, Nosy Be, Antananarivo, conservation projects, birders' map, field guide to lemurs, chameleons, exotic flora and fauna. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Highlights Guides). Num Pages: 272 pages, Full colour photos throughout, 21 maps. BIC Classification: 1HSM; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 496. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Highlights Guides). 272 pages, Full colour photos throughout, 21 maps. Madagascar's isolation means most of its mammals, birds, and plants exist nowhere else on earth. This title showcases the best of the island with details of the sights included in tour operators' itineraries; trips along the Route Nationale 7, around Nosy Be, days trips around Antananarivo, and tours to the east and southwest of the country. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HSM; WTH. Dimension: 150 x 216 x 17. Weight: 492.
- Publisher
- Bradt Travel Guides
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841624259
- ISBN
- 9781841624259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.54
€ 26.99
€ 21.54
Paperback. Madagascar: the Eighth Continent - Holiday reads and travel literature by Peter Tyson featuring cutting-edge science and conservation, endemic flora and fauna. This narrative explores the biodiversity of island wildlife, habitats, Malagasy cultural history and festivals, includes a details on pygmy hippo, lemurs, chameleons, aye ayes and baobabs. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). Num Pages: 440 pages, 8pp of colour + 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HSM; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 446. Life, Death and Discovery in a Lost World. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). 440 pages, 8pp of colour + 1 map. Madagascar is a land where lizards scream and monkey-like lemurs sing songs of inexpressible beauty. Known as Great Red Island, it is a place where fosse and tenures, van gas and aye ayes thrive in a true 'Lost World' alongside bizarre plants like octopus tree and three-cornered palm. This title is suitable for those about to travel to Madagascar. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HSM; WTH. Dimension: 132 x 198 x 29. Weight: 440.
- Publisher
- Bradt Travel Guides
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841624419
- ISBN
- 9781841624419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.76
€ 19.99
€ 19.76
Paperback. Made in Madagascar is an innovative ethnography that explores the tensions and negotiations between the local Malagasy people and foreigners with sensitivity and a critical eye. Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1HSM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442603745
- ISBN
- 9781442603745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
Paperback. Born in Scotland and a former leader-writer on The Morning Star, Judge John Gorrie devoted his life to the service of the British empire and to the ideal that English law must treat all men fairly, whatever their race, religion, class, or creed. Those beliefs are reflected in this previously unpublished novel. Editor(s): Carter, Marina; Toorawa, Shawkat M. Series: Cultural Legacies. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: 1HSU; 1KJW; FV; JFSL1; LNDC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 181 x 254 x 16. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pink Pigeon Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953991686
- ISBN
- 9780953991686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.22
€ 31.22