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Paperback. Investigates the cultural meaning system and resulting sensorium of Anlo-Ewe-speaking people in southeastern Ghana. This book relates how Anlo society privileges and elaborates what we would call kinesthesia, which most Americans would not even identify as a sense. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 330 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234567
- ISBN
- 9780520234567
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
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Paperback. Arusha National Park in northern Tanzania, known for its scenic beauty, is also a battleground. This title shows how this park embodies the political-ecological dilemmas facing protected areas throughout Africa. It focuses on the symbolic importance of natural landscapes among various social groups in this setting. Series: California Studies in Critical Human Geography. Num Pages: 268 pages, 12 black-and-white illustrations, 7 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; JFC; JFSL9; JPVH3; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 248 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234680
- ISBN
- 9780520234680
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€ 40.99€ 29.15
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Paperback. This work examines the history of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1898-1956) and the Republic of Sudan that followed in order to understand how colonialism worked on the ground, affected local cultures, influenced the rise of nationalism, and shaped the postcolonial nation-state. Series: Colonialisms S. Num Pages: 245 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520235595
- ISBN
- 9780520235595
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.19
€ 40.99
€ 29.19
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 605
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236424
- ISBN
- 9780520236424
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
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Paperback. A revisionist history of the origins of Egyptian nationalism and the revolution of 1919, focusing on gender and the family. Num Pages: 302 pages, 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520240230
- ISBN
- 9780520240230
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520240698
- ISBN
- 9780520240698
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.73
€ 35.99
€ 26.73
Paperback. Describes a disturbing secret: the looming extinction of humanity's closest relatives, the African great apes - chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. This title argues that the American conservation media have failed to report the collapse of the ape population. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 329 pages, 16 color photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; RNKH1; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520243323
- ISBN
- 9780520243323
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; JFSJ1; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520251540
- ISBN
- 9780520251540
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.63
€ 35.99
€ 26.63
Hardback. Exploring complex webs of local consumer demands that affected patterns of exchange and production as far away as India and the United States, this book challenges presumptions that Africa's global relationships have always been dictated by outsiders. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 3JH; HBTB; JFFS; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254244
- ISBN
- 9780520254244
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Condition: New
€ 74.53€ 57.98
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€ 57.98
Paperback. A study that illuminates the Egyptian experience of modernity by critically analyzing the foremost medium through which it was articulated: history. Covering more than one hundred years of mostly unexamined historical literature in Arabic, it explores Egyptian historical thought and examines the careers of numerous critical historians. Num Pages: 406 pages, 4 b/w photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257337
- ISBN
- 9780520257337
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.97
€ 44.99
€ 31.97
Paperback. After decades of civil war and instability, the African country of Angola is experiencing an economic boom thanks to its most valuable natural resource: oil. Focusing on the everyday realities of people living in the extraction zones, this work explores the exclusion, degradation and violence that are the fruits of petrocapitalism in Angola. Series: Global, Area, and International Archive. Num Pages: 338 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; HBJH; HBLX; KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258228
- ISBN
- 9780520258228
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.14
€ 41.99
€ 30.14
Hardback. Explores the healing power of caring and intimacy in a small, closely bonded Apostolic congregation during Botswana's HIV/AIDS pandemic. This book shows how members of the Baitshepi Church make strenuous efforts to sustain loving relationships amid widespread illness and death. It helps discover the Baitshepi's maternal ethos. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; HRCX6; JFFH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259652
- ISBN
- 9780520259652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 73.01
€ 94.64
€ 73.01
Paperback. Tells the story of Africa through many full-color, full-page images of people, landscapes, artworks, and artifacts accompanied by explanatory captions, relevant quotations, and overviews of topics such as art, religion, colonialism, slavery, and popular culture. This book shows the dynamic, multicultural, and complex nature of African societies. Series: Dictionaries of Civilization. Num Pages: 388 pages, 321 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 204 x 33. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259744
- ISBN
- 9780520259744
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262836
- ISBN
- 9780520262836
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.65
€ 35.99
€ 26.65
Hardback. Focuses on one of the most important religious centers in Africa and in the world: the Yoruba city of Ile-Ife in southwest Nigeria. This title presents a study of the spiritual and cultural center of the Yoruba religion, tells how the city went from great prominence to near obliteration and then rose again as a contemporary city of gods. Num Pages: 356 pages, 24 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HRAC; HRKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265554
- ISBN
- 9780520265554
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Condition: New
€ 74.53€ 57.98
€ 74.53
€ 57.98
Paperback. Examines the charismatic Christian reformation underway in Botswana's time of AIDS and the moral crisis that divides the church between the elders and the young, apostolic faith healers. This book focuses on Eloyi, an Apostolic faith-healing church in Botswana's capital. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 268 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; HRCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Pap/DVD
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268548
- ISBN
- 9780520268548
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Hardback. Presents the story of the role that East African savannas played in human evolution, how people, livestock, and wildlife interact in the region, and how these relationships might shift as the climate warms, the world globalizes, and human populations grow. Num Pages: 416 pages, 9 b/w photographs, 16 line illustrations, 18 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFG; RG; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 688. People, Wildlife, and Change in East Africa. 416 pages, Illustrations, maps. Presents the story of the role that East African savannas played in human evolution, how people, livestock, and wildlife interact in the region, and how these relationships might shift as the climate warms, the world globalizes, and human populations grow. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFG; RG; RNK. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 30. Weight: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273559
- ISBN
- 9780520273559
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.69
€ 45.99
€ 32.69
Paperback. Provides a fresh insight into how ordinary Sierra Leoneans survived the war that devastated their country for a decade. This title illuminates a social world based on love, compassionate relationship based on material exchange and nurturing, that transcends romance and binds people together across space. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398. Love and Survival in Sierra Leone. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. 296 pages, illustrations. Provides a fresh insight into how ordinary Sierra Leoneans survived the war that devastated their country for a decade. This title illuminates a social world based on love, compassionate relationship based on material exchange and nurturing, that transcends romance and binds people together across space. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JHMC. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273795
- ISBN
- 9780520273795
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.89
€ 33.99
€ 24.89
Hardback. Shenoute of Atripe: stern abbot, loquacious preacher, patron of the poor and scourge of pagans in fifth-century Egypt. This book studies his numerous Coptic writings and finds them to be the important literary source for the study of society, economy and religion in late antique Egypt. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 254 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBLA; HRLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466. Rural Patronage, Religious Conflict, and Monasticism in Late Antique Egypt. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. 254 pages, illustrations. Shenoute of Atripe: stern abbot, loquacious preacher, patron of the poor and scourge of pagans in fifth-century Egypt. This book studies his numerous Coptic writings and finds them to be the important literary source for the study of society, economy and religion in late antique Egypt. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBLA; HRLP. Dimension: 180 x 233 x 19. Weight: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274839
- ISBN
- 9780520274839
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Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 65.14
€ 83.99
€ 65.14
Hardback. Through a microhistory of a small province in Upper Egypt, this book investigates the history of five world empires that assumed hegemony in Qina province over the centuries. It depicts forms of subaltern discontent against "imagined empires" that failed in achieving their professed goals and brought about environmental crises to Qina province. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJF1; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520275522
- ISBN
- 9780520275522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 72.77
€ 94.64
€ 72.77
Hardback. Based on archival research in four countries, this title uncovers important links between international power politics and everyday matters of rights, identity, and resistance to colonial authority, while re-interpreting the whole arc of French rule in Tunisia from the 1880s to the mid-20th century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBT; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 365
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520279155
- ISBN
- 9780520279155
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.54
€ 54.99
€ 39.54
Paperback. Examines the life and work of Muhammad Mitwalli Sha rawi, one of Egypt's most beloved and successful Islamic preachers. This book uses Sha rawi and his work as a lens to explore how traditional Muslim authorities have used various media to put forth a unique vision of how Islam can be renewed and revived in the contemporary world. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287006
- ISBN
- 9780520287006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.89
€ 33.99
€ 24.89
Hardback. This book provides the first comprehensive history of the peoples of the Middle Niger written by an English--speaking scholar. Series: Peoples of Africa S. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBJH; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631173618
- ISBN
- 9780631173618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.35
€ 98.35
Hardback. This history of the Afrikaner peoples begins with their arrival in Southern Africa in 1652 and leads up to the present day. The account covers the establishment of the Dutch East India trading post in the Cape, the Great Trek of the 1830s and the democratic elections of 1994. Series: Peoples of Africa S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3J; HBJH; HBTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631182047
- ISBN
- 9780631182047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.16
€ 89.16