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Africa
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€ 28.99
€ 33.99
€ 28.99
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€ 12.58
€ 13.99
€ 12.58
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
€ 36.99€ 33.99
€ 36.99
€ 33.99
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
€ 58.73
€ 58.73
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
€ 4.99
Hardcover. This survey of various African and Asian conflicts examines people's experiences on territorial borders and the ways they affect political configurations. By focusing on individuals' routines and daily life, these contributions treat borderland dynamics as actual political units with their own actions and outcomes. Series: Palgrave Series in African Borderlands Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; JFFE; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137333988
- ISBN
- 9781137333988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.19
€ 68.19
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
€ 202.60
€ 202.60
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
€ 165.55
€ 165.55
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
€ 97.57
€ 97.57
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
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
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
€ 21.99€ 20.49
€ 21.99
€ 20.49
Paperback. Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991 Series: The New Cold War History. Num Pages: 672 pages, 31 halftones, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 44. Weight in Grams: 966.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469628325
- ISBN
- 9781469628325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.50
€ 45.50
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 15.99€ 15.51
€ 15.99
€ 15.51
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
€ 33.48
€ 33.48
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
€ 235.74
€ 235.74
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
€ 111.03
€ 111.03
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€ 32.49
€ 33.99
€ 32.49
Hardback. 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: 149 x 272 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011404
- ISBN
- 9781847011404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.07
€ 97.07
Votes and Budgets: Comparative Studies in Accountable Governance in th...
John Healey~William Tordoff~John Healy
Hardcover. With particular reference to the multi-party political systems of Botswana, Jamaica, Sri Lanka and Zambia under the Third Republic, this text presents case studies in accountable government and the management of the public funds. Editor(s): Healey, John; Tordoff, William. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 1HFMB; 1HFMZ; 1KJWJ; JPA; JPH; KCP; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333638873
- ISBN
- 9780333638873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.36
€ 129.36
Paperback. "Includes articles by G. Parsons, and H. Storey. One issue only. "Published quarterly. Commissioning organisation: By George Houston. 20 p. 24 cm. Original printed wraps. Fine clean copy with tight staple binding, title and contents printed in black on front, clean and crisp pages, very slightest suggestion of dust dulling to edges of cover." Keywords: Subjects
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Colonial information bureau
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1905
- SKU
- KEX0149795
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 96.90€ 4.99
€ 96.90
€ 4.99
Paperback. Sudan could soon witness one of the first partitions of an African state since the colonial era. The 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement guarantees a referendum on self determination for Southern Sudan, which is scheduled for January 2011 that ended a 20-year old civil war. This book shows how that war was finally brought to an end. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBJH; HBLX; HBW; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194581
- ISBN
- 9781845194581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 36.47
€ 38.99
€ 36.47
Hardcover. Sudan could soon witness one of the first partitions of an African state since the colonial era. The 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement guarantees a referendum on self determination for Southern Sudan, which is scheduled for January 2011 that ended a 20-year old civil war. This book shows how that war was finally brought to an end. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBJH; HBLX; HBW; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194536
- ISBN
- 9781845194536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.24
€ 130.24