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Paperback. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among five thousand working-class families in the neighborhood of al-Zawyia al-Hamra, this study explores how these displaced residents have dealt with the stigma of public housing, the loss of their established community networks, and the diversity of the population in the new location. Num Pages: 226 pages, 5 b/w photographs, 7 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBE; GTB; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338. Space, Relocation and the Politics of Identity in a Global Cairo. 226 pages, 5 b&w photographs, 7 line illustrations, 1 map. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among five thousand working-class families in the neighborhood of al-Zawyia al-Hamra, this study explores how these displaced residents have dealt with the stigma of public housing, the loss of their established community networks, and the diversity of the population in the new location. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HBE; GTB; JFS; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight: 338.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520230460
- ISBN
- 9780520230460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. Traditional counter-terrorism approaches, with their emphasis on the military, are failing. This is seen in the fact that there is an average of three terrorist attacks per day in Africa. This study calls for more holistic solutions, with an emphasis on development and better governance to curb the scourge of terrorism. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JPS; JPWL; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137489883
- ISBN
- 9781137489883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.93
€ 155.93
Paperback. Examines the various ways that blackness is appropriated and performed - toward widely divergent ends - both within and outside African American culture. This title develops from the contention that blackness in the United States is necessarily a politicized identity trope - avowed and disavowed, attractive and repellant, fixed and malleable. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New title
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822331919
- ISBN
- 9780822331919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. An analysis of the background to the current crisis in Algeria, placing in perspective the threats to the state posed by Islamic fundamentalism and economic mismanagement. It looks at the role of the National Liberation Front (FLN), international relations, the economy, and more. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBA; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850651772
- ISBN
- 9781850651772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.43
€ 40.99
€ 36.43
Paperback. Can one explain the power of global capitalism without attributing to capital a logic and coherence it does not have? Can one account for the powers of techno-science in terms that do not merely reproduce its own understanding of the world? This work examines these questions through a series of essays focused on Egypt in the 20th century. Num Pages: 429 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; GTB; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232624
- ISBN
- 9780520232624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages, 87ill. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; JNUM; YXN. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 228 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- African American Images United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- Elementary ed., 1st ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913543047
- ISBN
- 9780913543047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.22
€ 11.22
Paperback. Offers an analysis of the uncertainties, dreams, and anxieties that have accompanied postapartheid freedoms in Chatsworth, a formerly Indian township in Durban. This title tells the stories of ordinary Indians whose lives were racialized and framed by the township, and how these residents domesticated and inhabited this urban space. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFMS; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152967
- ISBN
- 9780691152967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Hardback. Focusing on the economic reforms adopted under Mubarak, Roberto Roccu provides the first account of the deeper socio-economic dynamics that made the 2011 Egyptian revolution possible. Num Pages: 160 pages, 3 black & white tables, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JPW; JPWF; JPWQ; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137395917
- ISBN
- 9781137395917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Paperback. Based on extensive field work in Mali, this book explores the process by which constitutions and democratic institutions are constructed. It shows how innovative constitutional dialogues involving participation, and recognition of groups previously excluded from political decision-making may be the key to a legitimate constitution. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDM; JPHC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230109155
- ISBN
- 9780230109155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.42
€ 64.42
Paperback. A shocking investigative journey into the way the resource trade wreaks havoc on Africa, 'The Looting Machine' explores the dark underbelly of the global economy. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; KNAT; KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007523108
- ISBN
- 9780007523108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.37
€ 15.99
€ 11.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; 3JM; BM; JFFH1; KNTD; VFJK; WSSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Jacana Media
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781920601720
- ISBN
- 9781920601720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.45
€ 18.99
€ 17.45
Paperback. A guide to over 400 species of the fishes along the coast of southern Africa, this work features over 600 original paintings showing changes with growth and sexual differences in colour of many of the fishes. The species accounts include descriptions and other information for identification and comparison of similar species. Num Pages: 488 pages, Colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; PSVW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1188.
- Publisher
- NISC (Pty) Ltd (National Inquiry Services Centre) South Africa
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781920033019
- ISBN
- 9781920033019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.76
€ 33.99
€ 28.76
Paperback. .
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Oldcastle Books
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842434420
- ISBN
- 9781842434420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
paperback. Thirteen months after Lt-Gen Romeo went to serve as force commander of the UN intervention in Rwanda in 1993, he flew home broken, disillusioned and suicidal, having witnessed the slaughter of 800,000 Rwandans. This book takes us on a return voyage into the hell of Rwanda, recreating the events the international community turned its back on. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099478935
- ISBN
- 9780099478935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
Hardcover. This work focuses on the creation of, and struggle over, urban order in four cities in Eastern and Southern Africa, namely Nairobi, Lusaka, Zanzibar, and Lilongwe, and the workings of power in the planning processes for each city. It covers colonial rule and postcolonial inheritance in these cities Series: Space, Place, and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629726
- ISBN
- 9780815629726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.97
€ 56.97
Paperback. From birth to jail, from triumph to tragedy - the sensational story of Oscar Pistorius, from the acclaimed author of Playing the Enemy (filmed as Invictus). Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGS; BTC; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782393290
- ISBN
- 9781782393290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.01
€ 11.99
€ 10.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations; 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBE; VSP. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Vermilion
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091826666
- ISBN
- 9780091826666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.81
€ 19.00
€ 16.81
Hardcover. 8vo. Good copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KEX0298588
- ISBN
- 9780192184023
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Paperback. Tells the story from Africa's greatest living conservationist. This book covers a typical day for the author that involves rescuing baby elephants from poachers; finding homes for orphan elephants, all the while campaigning the ever-present threat of poaching for the ivory trade. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 pages black and white and colour. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJP; 3JM; BM; PSVW7; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780670919710
- ISBN
- 9780670919710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Exploring the impact of travel on Arab cinema, Kay Dickinson reveals how the cinemas of Syria, Palestine and Dubai have been shaped by the history and politics of international circulation. This compelling book offers fresh insights into film, mobility and the Middle East. Series: Cultural Histories of Cinema. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; APF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844577842
- ISBN
- 9781844577842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.01
€ 38.99
€ 33.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages, 16 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFCV; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477307106
- ISBN
- 9781477307106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.87
€ 23.99
€ 21.87
Paperback. Editor(s): Edwards, Jill. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HB; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774165818
- ISBN
- 9789774165818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.18
€ 36.99
€ 36.18
Paperback. 'Beautifully written, acutely observed This is a wonderful memoir of an exotic childhood and a striking portrait of one of the world's most beguiling countries. A gem of a book.' ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 3JJPR; BM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 376. The Story of an African Childhood. 464 pages. 'Beautifully written, acutely observed This is a wonderful memoir of an exotic childhood and a striking portrait of one of the world's most beguiling countries. A gem of a book.' ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 3JJPR; BM; HBTB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight: 322.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747596561
- ISBN
- 9780747596561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.25
€ 17.99
€ 13.25
Hardback. In this clear-eyed and incisive book, one of the world's leading authorities on China's relationship with Africa exposes the myths and realities of the so-called "Chinese land grab". Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1H; JPS; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199396856
- ISBN
- 9780199396856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.46
€ 33.99
€ 28.46