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hardcover. Challenging the denigration of western-educated Africans as a culturally barren "kleptocratic" elite, this work shows that they occupied a shifting medial position between colonizers and colonized. In the process they created an intellectual culture grounded in indigenous and European sources. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFCX; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813919072
- ISBN
- 9780813919072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.26
€ 97.26
paperback. Argues African ways of seeing and interpreting their environments and past are not only critical to how historians write environmental history, they also have important lessons for policymakers and conservationists. It focuses on the Mpiemu people of the Central Arfrican Republic. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFJR; JFC; JFSL9; JHMC; RNA; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813921037
- ISBN
- 9780813921037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.93
€ 38.93
hardcover. Offers an insider's view into the day-to-day lives of a self-selected group of male friends within this society in northern Zambia. This book examines the friends' vicarious experience with and orientation to the world through stories heard from their grandfathers and fathers. It represents a compilation of their direct experience in the world. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 b&w illustrations & 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926247
- ISBN
- 9780813926247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.49
€ 78.49
Hardback. This book analyzes successive governments' management of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. The book covers the years 1982-2005, using expert thinking regarding public policy making to identify gaps in the public sector's handling of the epidemic. It highlights critical lessons for policy makers and other public health managers. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFH2; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230006676
- ISBN
- 9780230006676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
hardcover. This book delves into the theories of nationalism, the contours of supranational activity within global politics, international political economy, and global trade alliances vis-a-vis Africa. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFS; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102842
- ISBN
- 9780230102842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. Out of the many challenges facing Africa today, there is the tendency of some to manipulate religious and ethnic identities for private interests. The book examines how religion has given rise to these conditions in Africa, by weaving together issues of poverty, wealth, and violent conflicts. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HRA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104273
- ISBN
- 9780230104273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardback. This book aims to understand Zambia's renowned Copperbelt region within a broad historical context and revive the tradition of scholarship that places Zambian experiences within a global perspective. Editor(s): Fraser, Alastair; Larmer, Miles. Series: Africa Connects. Num Pages: 298 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104983
- ISBN
- 9780230104983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.29
€ 128.29
Hardback. This book is a multidisciplinary approach to Africa's international relations in an era of globalization and the shifting of power from the West. It moves beyond colonization, marginalization, imperialism to look at the forces and dynamics that are reshaping Africa's external relations today. Editor(s): Mangala, Jack. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230107960
- ISBN
- 9780230107960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Hardback. Inspired by Gandhi's non-violent campaign of civil disobedience to achieve political ends, Kwame Nkrumah led present-day Ghana to independence. This analysis of his political, social and economic thought centres on his own writings, and re-examines his life and thought by focusing on the political discourse and controversies surrounding him. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; 3JJP; JPA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113343
- ISBN
- 9780230113343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.27
€ 128.27
hardcover. This book examines how the process of nation-building in Egypt helped transform Egypt from an Ottoman province to an Arabic speaking national community. Through the life and works of 'A'isha Taymur, Hatem gives insight into how literature and changing gender roles contributed to the definition and/or development of a sense of community. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HBE; 3JH; DSK; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113503
- ISBN
- 9780230113503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
Hardback. This study is the first comprehensive assessment of warfare in Angola to cover all three phases of the nation's modern history: the anti-colonial struggle, the Cold War phase, and the post-Cold War era. It also covers, in detail, the final phase of warfare in Angola, culminating in Jonas Savimbi's death and the signing of the Luena Accord Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 243 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230117778
- ISBN
- 9780230117778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.67
€ 67.67
hardcover. This book analyzes the origins of the crisis in Zimbabwe and why it has had such a profound impact on both the land issue and democratic politics in the Southern African region. In doing so, it contributes to the present debates around Mugabe, neo-imperialism and the stability in the region. Num Pages: 270 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; GTJ; JPH; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230842
- ISBN
- 9780230230842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardback. This book critically analyses the ways in which Africa has shifted from the periphery of global trade, international relations and politics to the centre of the world stage because of its existing and potential economic prowess and purchasing power that the continent has to offer. Editor(s): Modi, Renu. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; JPS; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230248854
- ISBN
- 9780230248854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardcover. This book examines the gender context of HIV and critiques the global policy response. Anderson contributes to the feminist task of de-invisibilising gender as structural violence and identifies how gendered power structures are responded to at the local level in Malawi. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMM; JFFH2; JFSJ; JPVH; KCQ; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292888
- ISBN
- 9780230292888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardback. This book examines women and leadership in West Africa, with a special focus on Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone--the Mano River Union countries. These countries have traditions of indigenous female leadership in executive positions in varying degrees, and all three have a tradition of organizations that form important power bases for women. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HF; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338128
- ISBN
- 9780230338128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Hardback. Drawing on the interdisciplinary research projects of scholars from various social science and humanities disciplines, this book explores how African migration to Western countries after the neo-liberal economic reforms of the 1980s transformed West African states and their new transnational populations in Western countries. Editor(s): Okome, Mojubaolu Olufunke; Vaughan, Olufemi. Num Pages: 294 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFFN; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338678
- ISBN
- 9780230338678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.80
€ 67.80
Hardback. How do nations address the above health policy goals and respond to current challenges? As these four cases (United States, Germany, Canada, and South Africa) demonstrate, the answer lies in the underlying politics of health policy at work. Series: Perspectives in Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1HFMS; 1KBB; JPB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338876
- ISBN
- 9780230338876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. This wide-ranging collection offers fresh insights into a critical factor in development and politics on the African continent. It critically examines and illustrates the centrality of policing in transition societies in Africa, and outlines and assesses the emergence and impact of the diversity of state and non-state policing agencies. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JKSW1; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339477
- ISBN
- 9780230339477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Migration, Space and Transnational Identities: The British in South Af...
Conway, Daniel, Leonard, Pauline
Hardcover. Twenty years after the post-apartheid Government took office, this timely text interrogates the extent to which the attitudes, identities and everyday lives of British people have changed in accordance with the 'new' South Africa. New ethnographic research is drawn upon to explore important questions of mobility, locality and identity. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMS; JFFN; JFFS; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230346574
- ISBN
- 9780230346574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. Immigrant incorporation is a critical challenge for France and other European societies today. Black Africans migrants are racialized and endowed with an immigrant status, which carries low status and is durable into the second generation. This book elucidates the conflict and issues pertinent to social integration. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 200 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HF; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230361959
- ISBN
- 9780230361959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50