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Paperback. By examining how Indians formulated notions of citizenship across the British empire from the late nineteenth century through the early twentieth, Sujatha Banerjee theorizes modes of citizenship decoupled from the rights-conferring nation-state. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346081
ISBN
9780822346081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Hardcover. Considers the Indian periodical press as a key forum for the production of nationalist rhetoric. It argues that between the 1870s and 1910, the press was the place in which the notion of 'the public' circulated and where an expansive middle class, and even larger reading audience, was persuaded into believing it had force. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSA; DSBF; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230116597
ISBN
9780230116597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Paperback. A wonderfully evocative, superbly written and highly acclaimed account of the world's first megalopolis. Num Pages: 608 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Third Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747259695
ISBN
9780747259695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

paperback. It is 2011, and all universities in North Korea have been shut down for an entire year, except for the all-male Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. This is where Suki Kim has accepted a job teaching English. Life at the university is lonely. This book offers a glimpse of life inside the world's most inscrutable country. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JMG; BM; HBJF; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Rider
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846044830
ISBN
9781846044830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardcover. "8vo. Contains appendix and literature cited. Includes chapters on "The Setting"; "Layout Of The Workforce"; and "Social Disorganization And Attitude Towards Management". 160p. Very good copy, firm binding, general wear to dust jacket with rubbed and chipped edges and closed tear to lower back edge." Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Anthropological Survey of India
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
SKU
KON0760965
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 37.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; BM; JPS; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 238 x 29. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062385499
ISBN
9780062385499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.02

Hardback. Comparing the politics of Judaism and Islam, this book demonstrates that common religious political party characteristics in Israel and Turkey can be as striking as their differences. Num Pages: 432 pages, 13 tables, 13 figures. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HR; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758642
ISBN
9780804758642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.20

Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Business. Num Pages: 104 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMN; RPT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9789814585231
ISBN
9789814585231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.66

Hardcover. In the run-up to, during and after the invasion of Iraq a large number of literary texts addressing that context were produced, circulated and viewed as taking a position for or against the invasion, or contributing political insights. This book provides an in-depth survey of such texts to examine what they reveal about the condition of literature. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 2AB; DSBH; HBWS5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230278752
ISBN
9780230278752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.61

Paperback. Before, during and after the invasion of Iraq a large number of literary texts were produced, circulated and received as taking a position for or against the invasion, or as contributing political insights. This topical new book provides an in-depth survey of such texts and examines what they reveal about the condition of literature. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 2AB; 3JM; DSBH; HBWS5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230278776
ISBN
9780230278776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.82

Hardcover. Through what he terms "bibliographical sociology", Suman Gupta explores the presence of English-language publications in the contemporary Indian context - their productions, circulations and readerships - to understand current social trends. Series: New Directions in Book History. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSB; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137489289
ISBN
9781137489289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages, b&w sketches throughout. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AN; AVC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Tulika Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9789382381921
ISBN
9789382381921
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. This work analyzes the music of Java and the development of the gamelan, an ensemble dominated by bronze percussion instruments. Drawing on sources ranging from 12th-century poetry to 20th-century nationalistic writing, it examines historical sources and contemporary cultural theory and criticism. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 halftones, 24 line drawings, 51 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMN; AVGE; AVGH; AVRJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226780115
ISBN
9780226780115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.67

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BOYE6
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464451
ISBN
9781580464451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Paperback. Why would love for their language lead several men in southern India to burn themselves alive in its name? This title analyzes the discourses of love, labor, and life that transformed Tamil into an object of such passionate attachment, producing in the process one of modern India's most intense movements for linguistic revival and separatism. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 343 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BRT; 3JH; 3JJ; CFB; CFG; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
343
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520208056
ISBN
9780520208056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. Even in a realm that would seem to be as far removed from issues of gender as natural resource management, gender bias is pernicious and persistent, in India. This book looks at the reasons for this bias, including the socialization of attitudes, the shaping of community ideologies, and the construction of disciplines and research methodologies. Editor(s): Krishna, Sumi. Num Pages: 476 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 216 x 29. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Zubaan Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9789383074754
ISBN
9789383074754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.48

Hardback. This text relates the experiences of a range of Western writers who went to Japan as teachers and lecturers, covering a period of over 100 years. It includes a discussion of East/West cultural differences. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2AB; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333721742
ISBN
9780333721742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.40

Hardback. This volume discusses six Japanese authors (Soseki, Mishima, Akiko Yosano, Hiroshi Yosano, Endo and Murakami), analysing the encounter between their traditional Japanese group consciousness and western individualism. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1QFH; 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333743102
ISBN
9780333743102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Hardcover. How do industrial firms in developing countries contend with and survive acute shortages of physical infrastructure? Gulyani examines the impact of inadequate power and freight transportation on the costs and competitiveness of Indian automobile firms and innovative coping strategies. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KCM; KNDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333915806
ISBN
9780333915806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.64

Paperback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; JPSD; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143752
ISBN
9780231143752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.92

Paperback. Ganguly authoritatively analyzes why hostility persists as well as the current prospects for war and peace in the region. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; 3JJP; HBT; JPFN; JPS; JPVH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123693
ISBN
9780231123693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; HBJF; JPS; JPV; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143745
ISBN
9780231143745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.27
€ 51.34

Paperback. Questioning why India and Pakistan have not fought another major war, this book gives a crisp answer: nuclear weapons. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295986357
ISBN
9780295986357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. This volume traces the origins and evolution of India's foreign policy since 1947. It examines India's relationships with a number of key regional states (Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka), adjoining regions (the Middle East and Southeast Asia), and the great powers (the United States, Russia and the People's Republic of China). Editor(s): Ganguly, Sumit. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPA; JPS; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
OUP India India
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198080367
ISBN
9780198080367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.60

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