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Paperback. Investigates the impact of bureaucratic politics, special interest groups, and public opinion in aid-giving countries/agencies. This work finds that aid agencies in Africa often misdiagnosed problems and had difficulty designing appropriate programs that addressed the local political environment. Series: A Century Foundation Book. Num Pages: 314 pages, 1 line drawing, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226468396
ISBN
9780226468396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. In this ambitious work, David D. Laitin explores the politics of religious change among the Yoruba of Nigeria, then uses his findings to expand leading theories of ethnic and religious politics. Num Pages: 264 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226467900
ISBN
9780226467900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Offer an account of the music of Africa. This title draws on the author's extensive travels and three decades of study in many parts of the continent to compare and contrast a wealth of musical traditions from a range of cultures. It also features a selection of photographs and is accompanied by a compact disc of the author's own recordings. Num Pages: 408 pages, 75 halftones, 48 musical examples, 35 line drawings, 6 tables, 1 compact disc. BIC Classification: 1H; AVA; GBC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Har/Com
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226456935
ISBN
9780226456935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 106.80
€ 88.67

Paperback. During the worst years of apartheid, the most popular show on television in South Africa - among both blacks and whites - was "The Cosby Show". Combining South Africa's political history and a social history of television, this title challenges conventional understandings of globalization. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTB; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226451893
ISBN
9780226451893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Hardcover. During the worst years of apartheid, the most popular show on television in South Africa - among both blacks and whites - was "The Cosby Show". Combining South Africa's political history and a social history of television, this title challenges conventional understandings of globalization. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTB; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226451886
ISBN
9780226451886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.93
€ 78.49

Paperback. Series: East African Mammals. Num Pages: 358 pages, line drawings, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; GBC; PSAJ; PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 275 x 211 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226437255
ISBN
9780226437255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.07
€ 69.07

Paperback. Nineteenth-century French writers and travelers imagined Muslim colonies in North Africa to be realms of violence, sexuality, and primitive madness. This book traces genealogy and development of this idea from beginnings of colonial expansion onwards, revealing ways in which psychiatry has been a weapon in arsenal of colonial racism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; 3JH; JFCX; JFFJ; JFSL; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226429731
ISBN
9780226429731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Hardcover. Nineteenth-century French writers and travelers imagined Muslim colonies in North Africa to be realms of violence, sexuality, and primitive madness. This book traces genealogy and development of this idea from beginnings of colonial expansion onwards, revealing ways in which psychiatry has been a weapon in arsenal of colonial racism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HB; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226429724
ISBN
9780226429724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.12
€ 79.42

Paperback. Offers an intimate look at the lives of African women trying to reconcile motherhood with new professional roles in a context of dramatic social change. The author argues that Beti women delay motherhood as part of a broader attempt to assert a modern form of honor only recently made possible by formal education, Catholicism, and economic change. Num Pages: 288 pages, 23 figures, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 121 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226401829
ISBN
9780226401829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Hardcover. Hip-hop has come a long way from its origins in the Bronx in the 1970s, when rapping and DJing were just part of a lively, decidedly local scene that also venerated break-dancing and graffiti. This book offers an unbiased examination of how hip-hop works in people's daily lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; AVGR; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226395845
ISBN
9780226395845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.93
€ 78.49

Paperback. Presents an account of the healing trance music created by the descendants of sub-Saharan slaves brought to Tunisia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Part ethnography, part history of the complex relationship between Tunisia's Arab and sub-Saharan populations, this book is also suitable for students of ethnomusicology, and religion. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 halftones, 12 line drawings, 1 map, 7 tables, 1 compact disc. BIC Classification: 1HBT; AVA; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Pap/Com
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226392196
ISBN
9780226392196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1H; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226389882
ISBN
9780226389882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. A study of the Biase, an ethnic group living in Southeast Nigeria. The author examines whether Western practices and technologies may improve their standard of living or whether their indigenous beliefs and strategies are better suited to local conditions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 28 halftones, 7 line drawings, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226388496
ISBN
9780226388496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HRAM2; HRHT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226369037
ISBN
9780226369037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.71

Paperback. Why do Ghanaians suppress the history of enslavement? This book tackles this question by analyzing the slave trade's absence from public versions of coastal Ghanaian family and community histories, its troubled presentation in the country's classrooms and nationalist narratives, and its elaboration by the transnational tourism industry. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBTB; HBTS; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226349763
ISBN
9780226349763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. Susan Hirsch's observations of Islamic courts uncover how Muslim women actively use legal processes to transform their domestic lives. This achieves victories on some fronts, but also reinforces their image as subordinate to men through the speech they produce in court. Series: Language & Legal Discourse S. Num Pages: 370 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; CF; JFSJ; JFSR2; JHBK; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226344645
ISBN
9780226344645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.49

Paperback. In 1990s the Ivoirian police failed to control the situation, so a group of poor, politically marginalized, and mostly Muslim men took on the role of the people's protectors as part of a movement they called Benkadi. This title reveals how dozos worked beyond the divisions to derive their new roles as enforcers of security. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 halftones, 3 maps, 1 line drawing, 2 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDY; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226326542
ISBN
9780226326542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

paperback. Against a background of independence from France, Jarrod Hayes uses literary analysis to examine how Francophone novelists from the Maghreb imagined a diverse nation peopled by those excluded by the dominant political discourses, especially those breaching traditional sexual norms. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HB; 2ADF; 5S; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226321066
ISBN
9780226321066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. When we donate our unwanted clothes to charity, we rarely think about what will happen to them: who will sort and sell them, and finally, who will revive and wear them. This volume looks at the multibillion dollar secondhand clothing business, as well as its impact on the African economy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 68 halftones, 3 maps, 4 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; JHMC; KCCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226315812
ISBN
9780226315812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Hardcover. Series: NBER-Conference Report. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226315553
ISBN
9780226315553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.73
€ 92.61

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