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paperback. This study, extending well beyond military history, documents the ways in which five different countries - Russia, the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, China, and Japan - refashioned their armed forces along European lines during the three centuries after 1600. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1DVUA; 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1HBE; 3J; HBJD; HBJF; HBJH; HBLH; HBLL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226703190
ISBN
9780226703190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Seeking the historical and cultural roots of the conflict between Soviet-aligned Marxists and the religious extremists inspired by Egyptian and Pakistani brands of 'fundamentalist' Islam, this work examines the lives of three significant figures of the late nineteenth century - a tribal khan, a Muslim saint, and a prince. Series: Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies. Num Pages: 334 pages, 2 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBJF; JFM; JFSR2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520200647
ISBN
9780520200647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.19

Hardback. What compels a person to strap a vest loaded with explosives onto his body and blow himself up in a crowded street? In this book, th author argues that we need to understand the rise of suicide bombing in relation to the cultural beliefs and ritual practices associated with sacrifice. Num Pages: 296 pages, 33 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HRH; JHM; JHMC; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520294790
ISBN
9780520294790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Showcases how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of everyday use in India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The author examines how such technologies became integral to fresh ways of thinking about class, race, and gender, as well as about the politics of colonial rule. Series: science.culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 22 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBTK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226269375
ISBN
9780226269375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.22

Hardcover. An account of how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of everyday use in India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It examines the assimilation and appropriation of bicycles, rice mills, sewing machines, and typewriters in India. Series: science.culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226922027
ISBN
9780226922027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 78.49

Paperback. Offers an analysis of medicine and disease in colonial India that explores the vital role of the state in medical and public health activities, arguing that Western medicine became a critical battleground between the colonized and the colonizers. Num Pages: 368 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBTB; JHM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 516. State Medicine and Epidemic Disease in Nineteenth-Century India. 368 pages, Ill. Offers an analysis of medicine and disease in colonial India that explores the vital role of the state in medical and public health activities, arguing that Western medicine became a critical battleground between the colonized and the colonizers. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBTB; JHM; MBP. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 13. Weight: 528.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
2nd Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520082953
ISBN
9780520082953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. Gandhi was not only the most important Indian figure of the 20th century, he is the most famous pacifist ever. This is a readable examination of Gandhi and the nature of his often unconventional and controversial power. Series: Profiles in Power. Num Pages: 288 pages, facsim., maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Routledge
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582319783
ISBN
9780582319783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.55

Hardcover. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 376 pages, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; 3JH; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016491
ISBN
9780674016491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.96

Hardcover. By exploring the delta as a quagmire in both natural and political terms, Biggs shows how engineered transformations of the Mekong Delta landscape-channelized rivers, a complex canal system, hydropower development, deforestation-have interacted with equally complex transformations in the geopolitics of the region. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 32 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBJF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 244 x 29. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990675
ISBN
9780295990675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.03

Paperback. By exploring the delta as a quagmire in both natural and political terms, Biggs shows how engineered transformations of the Mekong Delta landscape-channelized rivers, a complex canal system, hydropower development, deforestation-have interacted with equally complex transformations in the geopolitics of the region. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 illustrations, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBJF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991993
ISBN
9780295991993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Regnery Publishing
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9781596980259
ISBN
9781596980259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.55

Hardback. Num Pages: 412 pages, 350 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBL; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 295 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2512.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857229843
ISBN
9788857229843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 49.79

Paperback. .
Publisher
Kodansha USA
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568364940
ISBN
9781568364940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.84

Hardcover. Johnson provides an historically rich examination of the intersection of early twentieth-century imperial culture, imperial politics, and imperial economics as reflected in the colonial built environment at New Delhi, a remarkably ambitious imperial capital built by the British between 1911 and 1931. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 colour tables, 3 maps, 5 black & white halftones, 2 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137469861
ISBN
9781137469861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

Paperback. The first survey of medieval Chinese military History to be published in English, this gripping book shows how China's history has been shaped by war. Series: Warfare and History. Num Pages: 298 pages, 21 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; HBJF; HBLC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415239554
ISBN
9780415239554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.30

Paperback. A selection of essays on how an understanding of the economics of 1st Century Galilee sheds light on the historical Jesus and the development of the early Church. Num Pages: 246 pages, 3 figures, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA; HRCA; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 173 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780227174760
ISBN
9780227174760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.07

Hardcover. A study of the British Army's campaign against the Jewish insurgency in postwar Palestine, this book attempts to show how outdated doctrine, traditional resistance to change and postwar turbulence hampered the army's efforts to modify its counter-insurgency tactics. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FB; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 175. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Palgrave Schol, Print UK
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Edition
1989th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333422786
ISBN
9780333422786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 242.81

Paperback. Focusing on the evolution of traditional forms of practice and community, as well as modern reforms and reinventions both within China and on the global stage, this book explores the social history and anthropology of Daoism from the late nineteenth century. Editor(s): Palmer, David A; Liu, Xun. Series: New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HRKN5; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289864
ISBN
9780520289864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.68
€ 43.02

Paperback. The rise of China is the most important development in world affairs. During the past three decades China dramatically modernized its economy and taken a positon as one of the two major powers in the world. For all of its newfound prowess, China's rise has not been a smooth process. The China Reader chronicles and catalogues these complexities. Editor(s): Shambaugh, David. Num Pages: 568 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFS; JPS; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 180 x 38. Weight in Grams: 912.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
6 Rev ed
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199397082
ISBN
9780199397082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.46

Hardback. Editor(s): Ludden, David. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 452 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
452
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843310587
ISBN
9781843310587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.83

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