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Hardback. Offers an analysis of the uncertainties, dreams, and anxieties that have accompanied post apartheid freedoms in Chatsworth, a formerly Indian township in Durban. This title describes how the racial segmentation of South African society still informs daily life, notions of race, personhood, morality, and religious ethics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFMS; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152950
ISBN
9780691152950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.35
€ 83.28

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

Paperback. This is a full-length study of Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443), generally recognized as the greatest playwright of Japan's classical Noh theatre. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5766 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804726771
ISBN
9780804726771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. * As is an anthropologist, Barfield succeeds in testing abstract models of society against the detailed historical record* The author has an accessible, narrative style. . Series: Studies in Social Discontinuity. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLA; HBLC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Basil Blackwell Inc, US United States
Number of pages
342
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557863249
ISBN
9781557863249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.78

Hardcover. The worship of Confucious is one of the least understood aspects of Confucianism, even though the temple and the cult were visible signs of Confucianism's existence in imperial China. This collection is an attempt to recover the meaning and significance of the religious side of Confucianism. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 380 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HRKN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 818.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009615
ISBN
9780674009615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 41.87

Paperback. In this narrative history from Bonaparte and Muhammad Ali to Ben-Gurion and the Mufti, Mr. Idinopulos describes the extraordinary transformation of modern Palestine. "Elegant, readable..refreshingly unmarred by the partisanship that has so marked much writing about the subject."-New York Times Book Review. Num Pages: 299 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566632690
ISBN
9781566632690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.45

Hardback. Provides some background on the various financial market segments of the Asian Pacific region. This book offers an understanding of institutional detail (size and scope) of the relevant markets and affords a view that lends or detracts from the credibility of intermarket comparisons. Editor(s): Fetherston, Thomas A.; Batten, Jonathan A. Series: Contemporary Studies in Economic & Financial Analysis. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; KCL; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 44. Weight in Grams: 884. Issues and Implications for the 21st Century. Series: Contemporary Studies in Economic & Financial Analysis. 528 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Fetherston, Thomas A.; Batten, Jonathan A. Provides some background on the various financial market segments of the Asian Pacific region. This book offers an understanding of institutional detail (size and scope) of the relevant markets and affords a view that lends or detracts from the credibility of intermarket comparisons. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; KCL; KFF. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 44. Weight: 884.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Number of pages
528
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762312580
ISBN
9780762312580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.79
€ 19.71

Hardback. This volume explores the way in which various religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, have represented and reflected upon the environment - in this case: minerals, gems, metals but also geological formations such as mountains and the earth itself. Editor(s): Dahnhardt, Thomas. Num Pages: 316 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAC; HRLK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 73.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781791288
ISBN
9781781791288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.27

Hardback. Editor(s): Harper, Thomas L.; Shirane, Haruo. Num Pages: 632 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBD; DSK; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
632
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166584
ISBN
9780231166584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.68
€ 56.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 460 pages, 175 Black and White Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; VXHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 177 x 25. Weight in Grams: 802.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556438677
ISBN
9781556438677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.46

Hardback. Covering 25 years, Burmese Shadows is an unprecedented body of work which highlights, with stunning photographs, the reality of living and fighting for survival for ordinary people in Burma. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMB; AJCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 245 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Publisher
McNidder & Grace
Number of pages
180
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857160416
ISBN
9780857160416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.53
€ 50.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; GTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Parallax Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781888375459
ISBN
9781888375459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.59

Hardcover. Retraces the history of Iran's nuclear project from the 1970s. This work examines the period when the programme was resumed, during Iran's war with Iraq (1985-90), and also sets out the various possible solutions in terms of their feasibility, practically and politically such as: dismantling by force, supervised third party reprocessing, and more. Series: CERI. Num Pages: 176 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Oxford University Press USA
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850658443
ISBN
9781850658443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.62

Hardback. Provides a multicultural anthology of women philosophers: Chinese, European, North and Central American. This title presents a history of women philosophers through selected works from the first century to the beginning of 20th century. It also provides unusual comprehensiveness in its bibliographies, biographies, and introductions to the works. Editor(s): Dykeman, Therese Boos. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPC; 1KBB; HPK. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792359562
ISBN
9780792359562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 b&w illustrations, 6 maps, 50 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KLCM; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292716414
ISBN
9780292716414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.64

paperback. Pilipino Cultural Nights at American campuses have been a rite of passage for youth culture and a source of local community pride since the 1980s. This title uses interviews and participant observer techniques to consider the relationship between the invention of performance repertoire and the development of diasporic identification. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; AS; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592137299
ISBN
9781592137299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.17

paperback. Examines how the concept of "Korean woman" underwent a radical transformation in Korea's public discourse during the years of Japanese colonialism. This book shows that as women moved out of traditional spheres to occupy positions outside the home, they encountered the pervasive control of colonial state, which sought to impose modernity on them. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520283817
ISBN
9780520283817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 28.09

Hardcover. This book provides a diverse, ever changing portrait of the complex movements of people and ideas that constituted both colonial Korea and the Japanese empire, adding the tumultuous experience of those fromn the Korean penninsula to the existing international canon of socialist and feminist literature. Editor(s): Hughes, Theodore; Kim, Jae-Yong; Lee, Jin-Kyung; Lee, Sang-Kyung. Series: Cornell East Asia. Num Pages: 415 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 144 x 31. Weight in Grams: 739.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Univ Of Hawai'I Press
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947877
ISBN
9781933947877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; APFR; DSB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157490
ISBN
9780231157490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; 3JJP; APF; DSBH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157483
ISBN
9780231157483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 79.38

Paperback. Playing God discusses the genre of rituals known as 'Teyyam' extant in the North Malabar region of Kerala State, India. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781790373
ISBN
9781781790373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.21

Hardback. Discusses the genre of rituals known as the Teyyam extent in the North Malabar region of Kerala State, India. This book focuses on the cult of the Muttappan duo of gods, the most popular among the Teyyams of North Malabar. It discusses how the Teyyam ritual contrasts significantly with rituals and worship in Brahminical Hinduism. Num Pages: 160 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRAC; HRQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845535247
ISBN
9781845535247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.05

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632223
ISBN
9780691632223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.97

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HBJD; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691602776
ISBN
9780691602776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.81
€ 48.20

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