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Hardback. Minarets have defined Cairo's skyline since its early history: they are one of the most characteristic features of Islamic architecture. This title offers insights into the religious, historical and architectural significance of the minaret in Cairo from the Arab Conquest, through the Abbasid, Fatimid, Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman periods. Illustrator(s): O'Kane, Bernard. Num Pages: 448 pages, 220 colour, 80 bw integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QFM; AMN; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 333 x 226 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2402.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848855397
ISBN
9781848855397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.38
€ 63.49

Hardback. Based on the autobiography of Dora Thizwilondi Magidi, pseud. Translated from the Venda with an introduction and notes by John Blacking." cf. Dust jacket. Bibliography: p. 203-207. Commissioning organisation: [by] John Blacking. 207 p. illus. 2". Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Abelard-Schuman
Publication date
1964
SKU
KEX0104258
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Hardcover. Africa. 448 pp. previous owner signature on ffep. marbled endpapers
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1955
SKU
KNW0001691
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing to ffep and edges, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Ward River
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0010146
ISBN
9780907085126
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Library marking to spine, and usual library markings inside, otherwise very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Ward River
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
SKU
KIN0000037
ISBN
9780907085126
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Series: Prehistory Monographs. Num Pages: 174 pages, 4 plans, 20 b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBG; HBLA; HDDA; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 285 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1178.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Institute for Aegean Prehistory United States
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931534017
ISBN
9781931534017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.42

Hardback. Series: Prehistory Monographs. Num Pages: 126 pages, 46 b/w figs, 4 plans, 47 b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBG; HBLA; HDDA; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 286 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1008.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Institute for Aegean Prehistory United States
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931534000
ISBN
9781931534000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.42

Paperback. "Reprint. Originally published: Makerere journal, no. 11, 1965. Includes bibliographical footnotes. Commissioning organisation: by Donald Rothchild. p.23-28 24 cm. Original printed wraps. Very good clean copy with tight binding and clean and crisp pages, tan coloured cover with title printed in black on front, near fine." Keywords: Pamphlet
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Institute of Governmental Affair
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1966
SKU
KEX0157544
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 53.52
€ 4.99

Paperback. An ethnographic study of Zimbabwe's land occupations that focuses on the effects of spatialized struggles on sovereignty and the nation-state Num Pages: 424 pages, 15 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJP; GTB; JHMC; JPVH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822335702
ISBN
9780822335702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. An account of the rise of the Zulu nation in southern Africa, and its fall under Cetshwayo in the Zulu war of 1879. This work sets out to be not only a history of the Zulus but also a full-scale study of the British colonial and military policy in relation to southern Africa, and of those involved. Num Pages: 672 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL9; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 149 x 49. Weight in Grams: 908.
Publisher
Pimlico London
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712661058
ISBN
9780712661058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.83

Paperback. Editor(s): Nowell, Donald. Num Pages: 67 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 1KBB; JFFN; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781633219700
ISBN
9781633219700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.02
€ 70.11

Paperback. Focusing on the era from Napoleon's conquest and the discovery of the Rosetta Stone to the outbreak of World War I, this book examines the evolution of Egyptian archaeology in the context of Western imperialism and nascent Egyptian nationalism. Num Pages: 424 pages, 46 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; 3JJC; GM; HBJH; HBLA; HDDG; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 27. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520240698
ISBN
9780520240698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.65

Paperback. This work combines history, anthropology and sociology to answer two questions: why did Ethiopia remain independent under European expansionism while other African political entities were colonized?; and why must Ethiopia be considered a single cultural region despite its diversity? Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226475615
ISBN
9780226475615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.59

Paperback. Africa. 578 pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
SKU
KNW0002057
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Considers the structure and dynamics of ethnic violence - the deadly ethnic riot - an intense, sudden, lethal attack by civilian members of one ethnic group against another ethnic group. This title examines approximately 150 such riots in about fifty countries, mainly in Asia, Africa, and the former Soviet Union, as well as fifty control cases. Num Pages: 605 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1F; 1H; JFFE; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 868. 605 pages, 2 tables. Considers the structure and dynamics of ethnic violence - the deadly ethnic riot - an intense, sudden, lethal attack by civilian members of one ethnic group against another ethnic group. This title examines approximately 150 such riots in about fifty countries, mainly in Asia, Africa, and the former Soviet Union, as well as fifty control cases. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1F; 1H; JFFE; JFFJ; JFSL. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 37. Weight: 842.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
605
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520236424
ISBN
9780520236424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Paperback. This book is one of the most successful examples in the Africanist literature of placing structures in time. It presents a detailed description of the politics of production in Maale during 1975 against a completed past of Imperial Ethiopian history and an uncertain future of revolutionary socialism. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; JHBL; JHM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231100472
ISBN
9780231100472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.31

Paperback. This ethnographic analysis of violence that broke out in a South African gold mine soon after apartheid ended in 1994 shows how violence comes to be blamed on ethnic differences retrospectively-and often wrongly. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 b&w photos, 2 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPR; HBTV; JFFE; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348535
ISBN
9780822348535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.45

Hardcover. Stickers on inside front and back covers and on the spine, stamp on inside back cover. 483pp
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
The Free Press New York
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1972
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KON0817512
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Africa. 202 pp. Illustrated map on endpapers
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Edinburgh House Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1927
SKU
KNW0001088
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 200+ b/w photos, color aircraft profiles. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; 1HBT; 1KBB; 3JJH; HB; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 225 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1698.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764313226
ISBN
9780764313226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 35.32

Hardback. 192pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Robert Hale London
Publication date
1962
SKU
KHS1019404
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.99
€ 4.99

Hardcover. In the Footsteps of Don. 256 pages, colour photos. Intended for walkers and mountaineers, this guidebook includes routes on rock scrambling, alongwith topics to enhance the experience of visiting the Peninsula Mountain Chain, including flora, fauna, geology, myths and history. It also includes hiking tips, such as taking children into the mountain, vital equipment and on rock scrambling. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1H; WTL. Dimension: 245 x 169 x 16. Weight: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Double Storey Books in Association with Getaw
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781919930404
ISBN
9781919930404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 12.20

Paperback. A handy colourful book introducing Egypt's animals and plants Num Pages: 16 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 210. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167676
ISBN
9789774167676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.53

Paperback. Examines the role of literature in building states and citizens. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 figures, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253215543
ISBN
9780253215543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.91

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