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Paperback. Explores beliefs and practices surrounding aging in a rural Bengali village. This book focuses on how villagers' visions of aging are tied to the making and unmaking of gendered selves and social relations over a lifetime. It explores ideals of family life and the intricate interrelationships between and within generations. Num Pages: 323 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 7 line illustrations, 1 map, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; GTB; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 323
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520220010
- ISBN
- 9780520220010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.42
€ 44.42
Hardback. This book provides an insightful new study, drawn from the largely unpublished Buddhist paintings at Dunhuang, of medieval Chinese wall painting, workshop production, and artistic performance in theory and practice. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 tables, 155 illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; 1FPC; AFC; AGR; HBT; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 29. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804745338
- ISBN
- 9780804745338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.80
€ 85.80
hardcover. Based on archival research, this is a history of the Russo-Chinese border which examines Russia's expansion into the Asian heartland during the decades of Chinese decline and the 20th-century paradox of Russia's inability to sustain political and economic sway over its domains. Num Pages: 448 pages, maps, bibliograpgy, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 793.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563247231
- ISBN
- 9781563247231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.29
€ 194.29
Paperback. "8vo.; bound in original decorated paperback cover. Contains index and 14 illustrations, including frontispiece. Epilogue By Barbara Young. Drawings by Karen Mowery. With chapters on "Life On The Farm"; "New Life In The Village", and "The Country Schoo. 140p. Very good copy. PB." Keywords: Autobiography
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Indianapolis: Indiana Historical
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KON0738382
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 72.98€ 4.99
€ 72.98
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; WSSC1; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Vinyl Bound Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804844741
- ISBN
- 9780804844741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.64
€ 21.99
€ 21.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, More than 100 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1FM; WSSC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Periplus Editions (HK) ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804845946
- ISBN
- 9780804845946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.22
€ 21.99
€ 21.22
Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; HRHP; JHMC; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501700453
- ISBN
- 9781501700453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; HRHP; JHMC; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501700460
- ISBN
- 9781501700460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.53
€ 33.99
€ 30.53
Hardcover. Through a rich ethnography of street and working children in Calcutta, India, this book offers the first sustained enquiry into postcolonial childhoods, arguing that the lingering effects of colonialism are central to comprehending why these children struggle to inhabit the transition from labour to schooling. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSP1; JHBL; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230296428
- ISBN
- 9780230296428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; CFG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226779836
- ISBN
- 9780226779836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.64
€ 35.99
€ 28.64
Hardcover. The first comprehensive ethnography of the Thangmi, a marginalized community who migrate between Himalayan border zones, Rituals of Ethnicity explores Thangmi cultural worlds and regional political histories to offer a new explanation for the persistence of enduring ethnic identities despite the realities of mobile, hybrid lives. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 328 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKN; JFSL; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812246834
- ISBN
- 9780812246834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.11
€ 92.11
Paperback. 'Unique.' Edward W. Said Leading Harvard scholar chronicles 20 years of conflict in Gaza. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745322346
- ISBN
- 9780745322346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.76
€ 40.99
€ 26.76
Paperback. Based on author's extensive fieldwork in the Gaza Strip and West Bank during the critical period of the Oslo peace process, this title shows how the social service activities sponsored by the Islamist group emphasized not political violence but rather community development and civic restoration. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- With a New afterword by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159676
- ISBN
- 9780691159676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.39
€ 36.99
€ 27.39
Hardcover. Explores the practices that have constituted eastern Hui'an residents, women in particular, as an anomaly among rural Han. This book asks what such practices have come to mean in a post-1949 socialist order that has incorporated forms of marriage, labour and dress into a developmental scale extending from the primitive to the civilised. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 line illustrations, 3 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021280
- ISBN
- 9780674021280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.06
€ 54.99
€ 46.06
Paperback. Focused on marital immigration from China to Taiwan, the book documents the struggles of these women and men as they seek acceptance and recognition in their new home. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 b/w, 2 maps, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; HBTB; JFFN; JHBK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286238
- ISBN
- 9780520286238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Presents an ethnographic study of China/US adoption, the largest contemporary intercountry adoption program. This book also follows the path of the adoption process: the institutions in both China and the US that prepare children and parents for each other; the practices that legitimate them coming together as transnational families; and more. Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 331 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFN; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780814719725
- ISBN
- 9780814719725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.53
€ 33.99
€ 30.53
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813583921
- ISBN
- 9780813583921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813583914
- ISBN
- 9780813583914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.22
€ 42.99
€ 38.22
Paperback. In June of 2002, war looms and Saddam Hussein still has a brutal grip on a nation in disarray. The author travels the length and breadth of Iraq, following the fast-evolving events and interviewing people from all walks of life and all religious and political affiliations. This title offers a personal history of this controversial conflict. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611453539
- ISBN
- 9781611453539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.78
€ 16.99
€ 15.78
Paperback. The book is a personal account of the challenges faced by one family without Chinese consumer goods. In an accessible way, the book will shed light on China's reach into the daily lives of ordinary people. The author's reporting (based in part on her experience as a business writer) will offer insights into the "business". Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; BM; JFFS; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470379202
- ISBN
- 9780470379202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.42
€ 16.99
€ 14.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Santoni, Arthur. Num Pages: 99 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 9. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633211568
- ISBN
- 9781633211568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.42€ 69.67
€ 99.42
€ 69.67
Paperback. Monumental Matters analyzes the role of Mughal architecture-magnificent tombs, mosques, forts, and palaces, such as the Taj Mahal-in India s cultural politics from the colonial era to the present. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JB; 3JD; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349228
- ISBN
- 9780822349228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.49
€ 27.99
€ 26.49
Hardcover. Num Pages: 76 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634636858
- ISBN
- 9781634636858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.67€ 149.40
€ 197.67
€ 149.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages, 30 Colour Hand Drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 201 x 201 x 4. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- BetterLink Press Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602209688
- ISBN
- 9781602209688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.62
€ 7.62