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Paperback. On 12 May 1883, the German flag was raised on the coast of South-West Africa, modern Namibia - the beginnings of Germany's African Empire. As colonial forces moved in , their ruthless punitive raids became an open war of extermination. Thousands of the indigenous people were killed or driven out into the desert to die. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1HFMN; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBJH; HBTR; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
9780571231423
ISBN
9780571231423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.31

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMS; 3JJ; 3JM; APB; BM; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 200 x 279 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1076.
Edition
First Edition, First Impression
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718184094
ISBN
9780718184094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.38

Paperback. First published 1946." Maps on lining-papers. Commissioning organisation: by Joyce Cary . 70 p. illus. 19 cm. Paperback. Good copy with tight binding." Keywords: "Indigenous peoples , Pamphlet"
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1946
Publisher
Longmans, Green and Co
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0070756
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 13.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. First published 1946." Maps on lining-papers. Commissioning organisation: by Joyce Cary . 70 p. illus. 19 cm. Paperback. Good copy with tight binding." Keywords: "Indigenous peoples , Pamphlet"
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1946
Publisher
Longmans, Green and Co
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0070753
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 13.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. First published 1946." Maps on lining-papers. Commissioning organisation: by Joyce Cary . 70 p. illus. 19 cm. Paperback. Good copy with tight binding." Keywords: "Indigenous peoples , Pamphlet"
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1946
Publisher
Longmans, Green and Co
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0070752
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 13.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. First published 1946." Maps on lining-papers. Commissioning organisation: by Joyce Cary . 70 p. illus. 19 cm. Paperback. Good copy with tight binding." Keywords: "Indigenous peoples , Pamphlet"
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Longmans, Green and Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1946
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0070754
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 13.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. First published 1946." Maps on lining-papers. Commissioning organisation: by Joyce Cary . 70 p. illus. 19 cm. Paperback. Good copy with tight binding." Keywords: "Indigenous peoples , Pamphlet"
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Longmans, Green and Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1946
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0070755
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 13.99
€ 4.99

Hardcover. This book employs critical ethnography and critical discourse analysis to explore what Cape Verdeans have to say about women's lives in the era of twenty-first century globalization. The authors investigate the economic and personal difficulties they face such as poverty, managing single mother-headed households, and violence. Num Pages: 205 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDV; 3JM; JFFS; JFSJ1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230618084
ISBN
9780230618084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.91

Paperback. Editor(s): Carruthers, Vincent. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2,000 mostly full-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; GBC; WNC; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781775843535
ISBN
9781775843535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFSR2; JPFR; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Updated edition with a New afterword by the autho
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163642
ISBN
9780691163642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.87

Paperback. The book explains how Islamist groups captured the hearts and minds of educated youth in Egypt. It focuses on the first twelve years of Hosni Mubarak's presidency, from 1981 to 1993, the period when participation in the movement reached its peak and before a wave of repression brought it to an abrupt end. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJP; HRH; JFSR2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231125734
ISBN
9780231125734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.71

Hardcover. Can elections create democrats? Why and how do formerly armed opposition groups decide to invest in electoral politics or to undermine them? This book argues that the answer lies in the patterns of inter- and intraparty struggles created by participation in repeated elections over time. Num Pages: 207 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1HFMQ; 1KLCS; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230600300
ISBN
9780230600300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 black and white photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081132
ISBN
9780252081132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.96

paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; HBTQ; HBTR; JFF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816625253
ISBN
9780816625253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.12

Hardcover. African pastoralist societies have institutions that enable them to survive in their semi-arid environment. Managing communally held land has been one key to their success. This book investigates the change, as a number of pastoralist communities have sought to transform their land tenure system from communal to private ownership. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 figures, 15 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; JHMC; KFFR; KJVD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472070244
ISBN
9780472070244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.41
€ 81.16

Paperback. African pastoralist societies have institutions that enable them to survive in their semi-arid environment. Managing communally held land has been one key to their success. This book investigates the change even as a number of pastoralist communities have sought to transform their land tenure system from communal to private ownership. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 figures, 15 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; JHMC; KFFR; KJVD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472050246
ISBN
9780472050246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.34

Hardback. Focusing on the key late-19th-century discourses of feminism, prostitution, colonialism, science and evolution, this study explores, in depth, Olive Schreiner's achievement as a writer. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333615324
ISBN
9780333615324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.64

Hardcover. Through rich stories of African migrant women in Johannesburg, this book explores the experience of living between geographies. Author Caroline Kihato draws on fieldwork and analysis to examine the everyday lives of those inhabiting a fluid location between multiple worlds, suspended between their original home and an imagined future elsewhere. Series: Africa Connects. Num Pages: 196 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137299963
ISBN
9781137299963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.30

Paperback. Most women in the West use contraception in order to avoid having children. But in rural sub-saharan Africa many women use it for the opposite reason, to have more children. This study of aging and reproduction makes use of ethnographic and demographic data. Series: Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 21 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDG; JFSL; JHBD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226058528
ISBN
9780226058528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 31.01

paperback. Only a few years after Britain defeated fascism came the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya - a mass armed rebellion by the Kikuyu people, demanding the return of their land and freedom. Unearthing reams of documents, the author reveals the full savagery of the Mau Mau war and the ruthless determination with which Britain sought to control its empire. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1QDB; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bodley Head
Condition
New
SKU
9781847922946
ISBN
9781847922946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.83

Paperback. Using case studies, this book explores the publishing of African literature, addressing the construction of literary value, relationships between African writers and British publishers, and importance of the African market. It analyses the historical, political and economic conditions framing the emergence of postcolonial literature. Num Pages: 266 pages, 17 black & white halftones, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1H; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH5; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137546180
ISBN
9781137546180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.43

Hardcover. Using case studies, this book explores the publishing of African literature, addressing the construction of literary value, relationships between African writers and British publishers, and importance of the African market. It analyses the historical, political and economic conditions framing the emergence of postcolonial literature. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230369368
ISBN
9780230369368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.30

Hardback. This volume presents new research and critical debates in African book history, and brings together a range of disciplinary perspectives by leading scholars in the subject. It includes case studies from across Africa, ranging from third-century manuscript traditions to twenty-first century internet communications. Editor(s): Davis, Caroline; Johnson, David. Series: New Directions in Book History. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137401618
ISBN
9781137401618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.81

Paperback. An insider's guide to Morocco Num Pages: 320 pages, 115 Colour and 5 Black and White Photos, 15 Maps. BIC Classification: 1HBM; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 212 x 19. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
National Geographic Society United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781426207068
ISBN
9781426207068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.79

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