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Paperback. In 1999, the United Nations embarked on intervention in Kosovo. This book compares two adjacent municipalities two years into that intervention. Similar in all key respects, by 2001 the municipalities were headed down different paths - one making progress toward institution-building, democratization, and reconstruction; the other stagnating. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 table, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 1FBQ; 1FCA; JF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804751919
ISBN
9780804751919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Editor(s): Gerstlacher, Anna; Miosga, Margit. Series: Spinifex Travel and Culture S. Num Pages: 358 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ1; WTM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875559404
ISBN
9781875559404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.90

Paperback. Presents a study of an important genre of Ming-dynasty Chinese painting in which landscapes are actually disguised portraits that celebrate an individual and his achievements, ambitions, and tastes in an open effort to win recognition, support, and social status. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 144 pages, 51 color illus. 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 259 x 183 x 13. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154763
ISBN
9780691154763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. This study offers a methodological approach for comparative philosophy on the level of the philosophical system, examines Confucian philosophy as a philosophical system, with emphasis on its epistemological dimensions, and uses the thought of a particular thinker as an example of how the Confucian tradition was appropriated by individual thinkers. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804726054
ISBN
9780804726054
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.91

Hardback. Translator(s): Kinney, Anne Behnke. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231163088
ISBN
9780231163088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.30
€ 90.18

Paperback. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231163095
ISBN
9780231163095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.01

hardcover. Jerusalem has for centuries been known as the spiritual center for the three largest monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Yet Jerusalem s other-worldly transcendence is far from the daily reality of Jerusalem, a city bombarded by conflict. Num Pages: 172 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 47. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745671031
ISBN
9780745671031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Paperback. Jerusalem has for centuries been known as the spiritual center for the three largest monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Yet Jerusalem s other-worldly transcendence is far from the daily reality of Jerusalem, a city bombarded by conflict. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745671048
ISBN
9780745671048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.30

Paperback. In researching this book, the author took on the role of a hostess in one of Tokyo's many "hostess clubs". The resulting text critically examines how such establishments create bonds among white-collar men and forge a masculine identity that suits the needs of their corporations. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JHBK5; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226014876
ISBN
9780226014876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.85

Paperback. Examining the crossover traffic between Japan and the United States, this book explores the global popularity of Japanese youth goods while it questions the make-up of the fantasies and the capitalistic conditions of the play involved. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 356 pages, 48 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 496. Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 356 pages, 48 b/w photographs. Examining the crossover traffic between Japan and the United States, this book explores the global popularity of Japanese youth goods while it questions the make-up of the fantasies and the capitalistic conditions of the play involved. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHM. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 14. Weight: 496.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
356
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520245655
ISBN
9780520245655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. This study of gender and sexuality in contemporary Japan investigates elements of Japanese popular culture including erotic comic books, stories of mother-son incest, lunchboxes - or obentos - that mothers ritualistically prepare for schoolchildren, and children's cartoons. Num Pages: 251 pages, 27 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ; JHBK; JHMC; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406. Mothers, Comics and Censorship in Japan. 251 pages, 27 illustrations. This study of gender and sexuality in contemporary Japan investigates elements of Japanese popular culture including erotic comic books, stories of mother-son incest, lunchboxes - or obentos - that mothers ritualistically prepare for schoolchildren, and children's cartoons. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ; JHBK; JHMC; JMU. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight: 360.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
251
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520219908
ISBN
9780520219908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTV; JFD; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816622177
ISBN
9780816622177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. The protests unleashed by Iran's disputed presidential election in June 2009 brought the Islamic Republic's vigorous cyber culture to the world's attention. This title offers both a reading of Iranian politics and a conceptual framework for understanding the politics of the internet, with implications for the wider Middle East, China and beyond. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFD; JP; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845116071
ISBN
9781845116071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.93

Paperback. Argues that the West has also sought to possess Jerusalem by acquiring its representations. From relics of the True Cross and Templar replicas of the Holy Sepulchre to Franciscan recreations of the Passion to nineteenth-century mass-produced prints, this work describes the evolving forms by which the city has been possessed in the West. Num Pages: 296 pages, 78 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 302 x 18. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226894225
ISBN
9780226894225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.16

Hardcover. This text reconstructs the history of the Sufi Naqshbandi brotherhood and its impact on the North Caucasus (Chechnya and Daghestan) in the early 19th century. It draws on Naqshbandi Arabic sources to explain the pivotal role of Sufism in transforming mountain society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 maps, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; HBJD; HBJF; HBLL; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 763.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850653844
ISBN
9781850653844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 58.62

Hardback.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155579
ISBN
9780691155579
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPS; HRKN1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691168111
ISBN
9780691168111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Hardback. A modern history of India's female and transgender dancers and the forces of in- clusion/exclusion that have shaped Indian performing arts. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ASDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042789
ISBN
9781849042789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 58.27

Paperback. An ethnography that focuses on Meratus Dayaks, a marginal and marginalized group in the deep rainforest of South Kalimantan, Indonesia. It looks not for consensus and coherence in Meratus culture but rather allows individual Meratus men and women to return our gaze. Num Pages: 368 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFFK; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691000510
ISBN
9780691000510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.94

Paperback. In her memoir, Anna Lo writes for the first time about her extraordinary journey from her birth in Hong Kong to Belfast at the height of the Troubles. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1FPCH; BM; HBJD; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856409851
ISBN
9780856409851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.44

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