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Africa
Paperback. Series: African Issues. 202 pages, 2, 2 black and white. Examines the twentieth-century silicosis crisis in the South African mining industry, and reveals how the rate of, often fatal, tuberculosis among black migrant miners was hidden for over a century. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; KNAT; KNXC. Dimension: 151 x 215 x 13. Weight: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010599
- ISBN
- 9781847010599
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.68
€ 26.99
€ 26.68
hardcover. This history examines fundamental questions of ethnic identity by focusing on the Egyptian Jewish community since 1948. Central to the study is the question of how people handle multiple identities and loyalties that are dislocated and reformed by turbulent political and cultural processes. Series: Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 318 pages, 11 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HRJ; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520211759
- ISBN
- 9780520211759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.98€ 49.08
€ 62.98
€ 49.08
Hardback. Africa. 382 pp. Ex Libris. Coloured endpapers. Beige boards. A nice copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Crowell
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1973
- SKU
- KNW0000740
- ISBN
- 9780690584578
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Sango - the Yoruba god of thunder and lightning - is a powerful, fearful deity who controls the forces of nature. This title explores Sango religious traditions in West Africa and beyond. It considers the spread of polytheistic religious traditions from West Africa, the mythic Sango, the historical Sango, and syncretic traditions of Sango worship. Editor(s): Tishken, Joel E.; Falola, Toyin; Akinyemi, Akintunde. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 376 pages, 25 b&w photos, 2 maps, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFD; HRKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220943
- ISBN
- 9780253220943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774167782
- ISBN
- 9789774167782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.57
€ 24.57
Hardback. Revolutionary Melodrama explores intersections between cinema and politics during the Nasser era, a period in which a military regime embarked upon the construction of a new civic identity for an independent Egypt. Series: Chicago Studies on the Middle East. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; APFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Chicago, Middle East Documentation Center United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780970819901
- ISBN
- 9780970819901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.54
€ 63.54
Paperback. In The State vs. Nelson Mandela, Joel Joffe, the Instructing Attorney of the defendants at the time, gives a blow-by-blow account of the most important trial in South Africa's history. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780745800
- ISBN
- 9781780745800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.38
€ 15.99
€ 12.38
Paperback. Series: Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5, 3 black & white halftones, 1 charts, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 226 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479175
- ISBN
- 9780801479175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Hardback. Talk about Prayer is an experiment in writing ethnography, a commentary on a conversation with Mama Regine Tshitanda, the leader of a Charismatic prayer group (groupe de priere) in Lubumbashi (Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo) and members of her family in 1986. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 144 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; HRLF9; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137570154
- ISBN
- 9781137570154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.15
€ 64.15
Paperback. Describes what might be called the workers' culture of Shaba, through analyses of communicative (sociolinguistic) and cognitive (ethnosemantic) aspects of language use. In this study, inquiry will be directed to the past, and it will, for many reasons, have to reach into a past which is rather remote from present-day Shaba Swahili. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: 1H; 2H; 3JH; 3JJ; CF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780520076259
- ISBN
- 9780520076259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.80
€ 34.99
€ 25.80
Paperback. This text collects published and unpublished work by one of today's most distinguished anthropologists. Johannes Fabian is widely known outside of his discipline because his work so often overcomes traditional scholarly boundaries to bring fresh insight to philosophy, history and cultural studies. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804741439
- ISBN
- 9780804741439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
This text collects published and unpublished work by one of today's most distinguished anthropologists. Johannes Fabian is widely known outside of his discipline because his work so often overcomes traditional scholarly boundaries to bring fresh insight to philosophy, history and cultural studies. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804741422
- ISBN
- 9780804741422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 162.27
€ 162.27
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Lit Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783825877910
- ISBN
- 9783825877910
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.79
€ 36.99
€ 30.79
Hardback. Num Pages: 318 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739146378
- ISBN
- 9780739146378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.07
€ 163.07
Paperback. The common perception is that Christianity in Africa was responsible for many injustices and harm to the culture and society of the continent, but Islam fitted well in Africa, and eschewed slavery. Azumah shows that Islam enslaved and forcibly converted as many African people as Christianity. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBTS; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851682737
- ISBN
- 9781851682737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.92
€ 33.99
€ 32.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HRKP1; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 195 x 18. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Quest Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Subsequent
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780835606912
- ISBN
- 9780835606912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.56
€ 27.99
€ 25.56
Hardcover. Africa. 129 pp. DJ slightly worn but o/w vgood
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Harper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1961
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KNW0001648
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.99€ 4.99
€ 6.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Griffith Institute
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900416637
- ISBN
- 9780900416637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.36
€ 126.36
Paperback. Series: Sport & culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; GTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816633869
- ISBN
- 9780816633869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.43
€ 27.99
€ 26.43
Hardcover. Keywords: "1972, Development, Foreign Countries, Trade, Government, Parliament,"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- SKU
- KHS0071546
- ISBN
- 9780312002107
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 9.99€ 4.99
€ 9.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. John Bassi has dedicated most of his life to the plight of wildlife in Africa. Raised in north eastern Zimbabwe, he was inspired by a life of living and working in wilderness areas throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Learning about the cruel realities of war and human greed, he made a vow to devote his life to protecting nature. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white halftones, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HF; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781431408719
- ISBN
- 9781431408719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.65
€ 23.99
€ 20.65
Hardcover. Num Pages: 452 pages. BIC Classification: 1HF; HBJH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884024101
- ISBN
- 9780884024101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.55€ 55.14
€ 60.55
€ 55.14
paperback. Demonstrates that Jamaica's troubles were caused not by lazy blacks but by the incompetence of absentee white planters operating within an obsolete colonial system. This book also shows that although large plantations languished, many former slaves worked tirelessly and became successful small-scale landowners. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KJWJ; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073274
- ISBN
- 9780252073274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.33
€ 30.99
€ 27.33
Paperback. This text provides a detailed analysis of both the music and the cultural significance of children's songs among the Venda people of the northern Transvaal, South Africa. It examines topics such as role of melody in generating rhythm. Num Pages: 210 pages, 15 halftones, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVGH; JFSP1; JFSP2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226055114
- ISBN
- 9780226055114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74