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Cape Verdean Women and Globalization: The Politics of Gender, Culture,...
Carter, Katherine, Aulette, Judy
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 89.75€ 81.16
€ 89.75
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 27.99
€ 23.79
Hardback. Explores how rural populations have secured, contested, and negotiated access to land and how they have organized their communities despite being constantly on the move as farmers or migrant labourers Num Pages: 348 pages, 17 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253009531
- ISBN
- 9780253009531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.34
€ 97.34
Paperback. Explores how rural populations have secured, contested, and negotiated access to land and how they have organized their communities despite being constantly on the move as farmers or migrant labourers Num Pages: 348 pages, 17 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253009579
- ISBN
- 9780253009579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.30
€ 34.99
€ 31.30
Hardback. Examines the social changes that took place in Southern Rhodesia after the arrival of the British South Africa Company in the 1890s. Summers focuses on interactions among settlers, the officials of the British South Africa Company, and the administration, missionaries, humanitarian groups in Britain Num Pages: 331 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821410745
- ISBN
- 9780821410745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.76
€ 72.76
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1QDB; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719089015
- ISBN
- 9780719089015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.77
€ 38.77
Paperback. From the winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. In a time of death and terror, Gbowee brought Liberia's women together--and together they led a nation to peace. In the process, she emerged as an international leader who changed history. Num Pages: 266 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; BM; HBJH; JFSJ1. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Beast Books United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984295197
- ISBN
- 9780984295197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.44
€ 15.99
€ 12.44
Paperback. Drawing on interviews with mothers who have been diagnosed HIV-positive, this title provides a perspective of motherhood from the mother's point of view. It explores the situation in which two very powerful identities, those of motherhood and of being HIV-positive, collide in the same moment. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFH2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144945
- ISBN
- 9781868144945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.42
€ 39.42
Paperback. Investigates the impact of bureaucratic politics, special interest groups, and public opinion in aid-giving countries/agencies. This work finds that aid agencies in Africa often misdiagnosed problems and had difficulty designing appropriate programs that addressed the local political environment. Series: A Century Foundation Book. Num Pages: 314 pages, 1 line drawing, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226468396
- ISBN
- 9780226468396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 31.01
€ 38.99
€ 31.01