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paperback. Num Pages: 159 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; JH; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 159. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Lit Verlag
Condition
New
SKU
V9783825826185
ISBN
9783825826185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.03

Paperback. Looks at cosmopolitan Egypt in the golden years of travel under the last kings. This book features images that include a tourist perched on a camel, a Bugatti at the foot of the pyramids, and high tea served in jasminedraped gardens. Num Pages: 216 pages, 145 illustrations, 20 in colour. BIC Classification: 1HBE; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 272 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Editions Flammarion
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9782080301130
ISBN
9782080301130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Hardback. Adonis' influence on Arabic literature has been likened to that of T.S. Eliot in the English-speaking world. Yet alongside this spearheading of a modernist literary revolution, the secular Syrian-born poet is also renowned for his persistent and staunch attacks on despotism across the Arab world. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JJ; 3JM; GTJ; HBTB; HRAM2; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509511907
ISBN
9781509511907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.62

Paperback. This ethnographic analysis of violence that broke out in a South African gold mine soon after apartheid ended in 1994 shows how violence comes to be blamed on ethnic differences retrospectively-and often wrongly. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 b&w photos, 2 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPR; HBTV; JFFE; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348535
ISBN
9780822348535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.45

Hardback. A study of both internal and external violence in francophone African and Caribbean women's literature. It examines the ways in which women writers lift taboos imposed on them by their society and culture and challenge readers with their unique perspectives on violence. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KJ; 2ADF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803211025
ISBN
9780803211025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.43

Paperback. Keywords: Africa. 117 pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
S.C.M. Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KNW0002097
ISBN
9780334017400
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. This synthesis of 40 case studies indicates there are different causal pathways of current violent conflicts and wars that can be traced to the environmental roots of the conflict. Rwanda is used as an example to demonstrate the interaction of ethnic, social, political and ecological factors. Series: Social Indicators Research Series. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792354956
ISBN
9780792354956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.85

Presents a compelling study of how ordinary people commit extraordinary acts of violence and how perpetrators and victims manage in the aftermath. Grounded in extensive, qualitative analysis of perpetrator testimony, this book reveals the individual experiences of perpetrators and general patterns of influence that lead to collective violence. Series: Qualitative Studies in Psychology. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JFFE; JKV; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479821600
ISBN
9781479821600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.28

Hardback. Violent Becomings sheds light on violence in the periods of colonial and postcolonial state formation by conceptualizing the state not as the bureaucratically ordered polity of the nation-state, but as a continuously evolving and violently challenged mode of social ordering. Series: Ethnography, Theory, Experiment. Num Pages: 360 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; JFFE; JHMC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785332364
ISBN
9781785332364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.17

Hardback. Examines Pentecostal conversion as a force of change, revealing new insights into its dominant role in global Christianity today. Series: Religion in Transforming Africa. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; HRCC96; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011527
ISBN
9781847011527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.99

Paperback. The askari, African soldiers recruited in the 1890s to fill the ranks of the German East African colonial army, occupy a unique space at the intersection of East African history, German colonial history, and military history. This book recovers and reconsiders the origin and role of these men, and of colonial soldiers more generally. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821420898
ISBN
9780821420898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. Series: Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; 1HBA; HBJD; HBJH; HBLL; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053281
ISBN
9780674053281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.57

Hardcover. The Rastafari have been travelling to Ethiopia since the movement originated in Jamaica in 1930s. This book offers the investigation into how Ethiopians perceive Rastafari and Rastafarians within Ethiopia and the role this unique immigrant community plays within Ethiopian society. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; HRK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479882243
ISBN
9781479882243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.29

Hardcover. Commissioning organisation: by Cecil Northcott. 86 p. ill. 19 cm. Original printed boards. Nice copy.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Edinburgh House P
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1952
Edition
1st ed
SKU
KEX0055875
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 14.99
€ 4.99

Hardcover. Commissioning organisation: by Cecil Northcott. 86 p. ill. 19 cm. Original printed boards. Nice copy.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1952
Publisher
Edinburgh House P
Edition
1st ed
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0055876
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 14.99
€ 4.99

paperback. Editor(s): Harber, Clive. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMB; 1HFMN; 1HFMS; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Education Now Publishing Co-operative Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871526394
ISBN
9781871526394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.39

paperback. Documenting the changes occurring since the 1984 study, this edition provides a collection of life histories from the women of Mutira. Two new introductory chapters frame the life histories within the context both of significant macro-level transitions in Kenya and current thinking on gender. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJ; BG; JFSF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 216 x 32. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555876029
ISBN
9781555876029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.84

Hardback. The short-lived rebellion of 1915 was led by John Chilembwe, a Baptist minister trained in the USA. This book contains the testimonies presented to the Commission of Inquiry. Together, they are a source for understanding the causes and character of the Rising and throw light on social and economic relations in early colonial Malawi. Editor(s): McCracken, John. Series: Fontes Historiae Africanae. Num Pages: 550 pages, c. 10 b&w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMM; 3JJF; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197265925
ISBN
9780197265925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 225.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBJH; HBLX; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 237 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231163187
ISBN
9780231163187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.05

Paperback. Examines the increasing significance of the volunteer and volunteerism in African societies, and their societal impact within precarious economies in a period of massive unemployment and faltering trajectories of social mobility. Editor(s): Prince, Ruth; Brown, Hannah. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JKSN1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011398
ISBN
9781847011398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.57

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