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Paperback. Edited with authority by the influential and respected Stephen Chan, this unique collection of essays gathers together for the first time both African and Chinese perspectives on China's place in Africa. Editor(s): Chan, Stephen. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1H; GTF; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 197 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780325668
ISBN
9781780325668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. Explains the most unusual, obscure, and curious words and expressions from vintage blues music. This book unravels the nuances of more than twelve hundred idioms and proper or place names found on oft-overlooked 'race records' recorded between 1923 and 1949. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KB; 3JJG; AVGK; GBC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076602
ISBN
9780252076602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. El Alamein was the World War II land battle Britain had to win. This book analyses the logistics of keeping desert armies supplied with petrol and reappraises the combat strategies of Montgomery and Rommel. It ranges from the domestic political pressures on Churchill to the aerial siege of Malta. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16pp b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216. 288 pages, 16pp b&w plates. El Alamein was the World War II land battle Britain had to win. This book analyses the logistics of keeping desert armies supplied with petrol and reappraises the combat strategies of Montgomery and Rommel. It ranges from the domestic political pressures on Churchill to the aerial siege of Malta. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight: 216.
Publisher
Aurum Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854109293
ISBN
9781854109293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.20

Paperback. An enlivening exploration of the links between literature, popular culture and theories of gender in African literature. Editor(s): Newell, Stephanie. Series: African Culture Archive. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786990105
ISBN
9781786990105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.84

Paperback. Darkening Mirrors analyzes the complicated relationships between African American identity, as reflected in performances, and the forces of imperialist and racial oppression. Num Pages: 352 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; AN; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822349235
ISBN
9780822349235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Illustrates the complexity of social ties among groups and individuals, and their connections with the natural world Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 20 illus., 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; GTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991054
ISBN
9780295991054
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.06

Paperback. Illustrates the complexity of social ties among groups and individuals, and their connections with the natural world Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 illustrations, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; GTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991061
ISBN
9780295991061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 30.77

Paperback. Offers a look at the process of enslavement from its African origins through the Middle Passage and into the American slave market. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTM; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674030688
ISBN
9780674030688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.68

Hardcover. Guide to the properties and uses of Southern African Wood is a fully illustrated, scientifically accurate guide to the characteristics, properties and uses of wood from 140 Southern African tree species. Provides information on historical uses, where trees grow, availability and sustainability of the woods and the practicalities of harvesting. Num Pages: 336 pages, 700 full colour photographs and distribution maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; TDJ; WFL; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 305 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1398.
Publisher
Briza
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781920217587
ISBN
9781920217587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.88

Paperback. Over a lifetime of studying Cuban Santeria and other religions related to Orisha worship - a practice also found among the Yoruba in West Africa. This title provides an analysis of these assumptions, in the process offering an incisive critique both of the anthropology of religion and of scholarship on the cultural history of Afro-Atlantic World. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226019567
ISBN
9780226019567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.84

Paperback. By featuring the life histories of eight senior men, this work explores the changing meaning of becoming a man in modern Africa. It concentrates on the ideals and expectations that formed around men who were prominent in their communities when Ghana became an independent nation. Num Pages: 360 pages, 23 b&w photos, 1 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; GTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217868
ISBN
9780253217868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.29

paperback. Editor(s): Bruene, Stephan. Series: African Studies. Num Pages: 258 pages, tables, figures, notes. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1DSP; 1DST; 1H; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Lit Verlag
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783894737146
ISBN
9783894737146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 135 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
135
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772897844
ISBN
9788772897844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Hardcover. Editor(s): Clack, Joy. Num Pages: 304 pages, 230+ full colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 1KBBEY; 1QRM; JFSR1; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 289 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2216.
Publisher
Hoberman Collection South Africa
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781919939674
ISBN
9781919939674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.72

Hardback. Charts the rise and fall of the urban townships' youth and residents' 'civics movement' in the transition to, and consolidation of a democracy in South Africa. Editor(s): Adler, Glenn; Steinberg, Jonny. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 253 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; JPHV; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pan Macmillan South Africa South Africa
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312231026
ISBN
9780312231026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.63

Paperback. Explores what it means to be a subject in the historical and poetic imagination of a southern Moroccan society. Incorporating poetic texts, legends, social spaces, folktales and conversations, this book is a synthesis of dissonant, often idiosyncratic voices from the Maghribi post-colonial present. Num Pages: 398 pages, 1 colour plate. BIC Classification: 1HBM; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226645322
ISBN
9780226645322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. An ethnography of Afro-Brazilian religious traditions including Candomble shows that the lines separating one tradition from another are much less fixed than anthropologists and Afro-Brazilian religious elites have maintained. Translator(s): Grant, Lucy Lyall. Num Pages: 336 pages, 36 photographs, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLSB; HRKT; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5906 x 3971 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346364
ISBN
9780822346364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Hardback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 47 black & white illustrations, 82 colour illustrations, 140 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; MJCL; MJF; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 801.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319179353
ISBN
9783319179353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.12

Hardcover. Assembling Export Markets explores the new frontier regions of the global fresh produce market that has emerged in Ghana over the past decade. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781118632611
ISBN
9781118632611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.49

Paperback. Assembling Export Markets explores the new 'frontier regions' of the global fresh produce market that has emerged in Ghana over the past decade. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118632581
ISBN
9781118632581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.76

Paperback. This volume examines the "Amazons", whose existence has been verified via documents and eye-witness accounts from battles for the West African kingdom of Dahomey in the 18th and 19th centuries. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1HFDB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849041089
ISBN
9781849041089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.55

Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDT; 3H; 3J; HBJF1; KCZ; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651903
ISBN
9780691651903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 237.89

Hardback. * Provides an unprecedented and exciting introduction to the archaeology of Africa. * Challenges misconceptions & claims about Africa's past and teaches students how to evaluate these claims. * Includes a thoughtful introduction that explores the contexts that have shaped archaeological knowledge of Africa's past. Editor(s): Stahl, Ann Brower. Series: Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology. Num Pages: 512 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1H; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 189 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1064.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405101554
ISBN
9781405101554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.95

Paperback. He thus extends Rustow's (1970) theory that democratic behavior produces democratic values. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801883330
ISBN
9780801883330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.45

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