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Paperback. Mixing thrilling anecdotes from street-level reporting that give readers a sense of what is at stake with a bird's-eye view of the geopolitics of the region and the globe, the author guides us through the dramatic changes in players, politics, and economics in the Middle East over the years. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520293267
- ISBN
- 9780520293267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.31
€ 26.99
€ 20.31
hardcover. Why despite high rate of growth for nearly a decade has there not been any major reduction in the number of the poor households in India? Why despite high growth, has dependence on agriculture not declined? Why are the country's democratic institutions faltering? The essays collected in this volume answer these questions and more. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KCM; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Academic Foundation India
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789332703148
- ISBN
- 9789332703148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.21€ 47.81
€ 51.21
€ 47.81
Hardcover. Covers the major developments in the evolution of agricultural technologies and policies since independence (1947). This book contains essays that deal with topics which are mutually inter-related and reinforcing. It focuses on the relationship between poverty and sustainable development, outlines the main features of Indian agriculture, and more. Editor(s): Vyas, V. S. Num Pages: 414 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 146. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Academic Foundation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788171883233
- ISBN
- 9788171883233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.60
€ 41.99
€ 34.60
Paperback. Allowing us access to short films from the 1900s, British Durbar films, the precursors of the newsreel genre, and Empire adventure movies, this book explores Melies, Lumiere and Jean Renoir, moving on to the Raj films of the 80s and international cinema of the late 20th century. It traces the trajectory of changing images of India abroad. Num Pages: 350 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 176 x 43. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905422968
- ISBN
- 9781905422968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 31.01
€ 38.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. * A story of love and survival amidst the great events of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 512 pages, 24pp of b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1FK; BG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 34. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349117980
- ISBN
- 9780349117980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.83
€ 19.99
€ 14.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages, 78 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AFKB; AGN; HDD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 230 x 10. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Grantha Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890206963
- ISBN
- 9781890206963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.77
€ 36.99
€ 31.77
Paperback. Translator(s): Challinger, Nicki. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCZ; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 287 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838207674
- ISBN
- 9783838207674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.56
€ 23.99
€ 18.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 b&w photos, 3 maps, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHBL; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816649594
- ISBN
- 9780816649594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.16
€ 31.99
€ 29.16
Hardcover. Num Pages: 297 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; MZX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620812655
- ISBN
- 9781620812655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 233.01€ 158.81
€ 233.01
€ 158.81
Hardcover. Verso's classic Mapping series, published in association with New Left Review, collects the most important writings on key topics in a changing world and delineates the controversies among the most important scholars in each field. Editor(s): Chaturvedi, Vinayak. Series: The Mapping Series. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844676385
- ISBN
- 9781844676385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.56€ 76.47
€ 81.56
€ 76.47
Hardcover. There is a growing interest in studies that document the relationship between science and medicine-as ideas, practices, technologies and outcomes-across cultural, national, geographic terrain. Tibetan medicine is not only known as a scholarly medical tradition among other Asian medical systems.. Editor(s): Adams, Vincanne; Schreempf, Mona; Craig, Sienna R. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 324 pages, 11 ills. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HRAM3; JHM; MBS; MX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457587
- ISBN
- 9781845457587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.28
€ 158.28
Paperback. "Also available as an ebook"--Title page verso. Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DQ; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479857081
- ISBN
- 9781479857081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.65
€ 36.99
€ 33.65
Hardback. "Also available as an ebook"--Title page verso. Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DQ; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479864690
- ISBN
- 9781479864690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.78
€ 102.78
Paperback. Highlights parallels and contrasts between historical events, political regimes, and cultural movements to explore how religion has challenged and responded to secular Chinese modernity from 1898 onwards. This book integrates historical, anthropological, and sociological perspectives in a comprehensive overview of China's religious history. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226005331
- ISBN
- 9780226005331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
Hardcover. Highlights parallels and contrasts between historical events, political regimes, and cultural movements to explore how religion has challenged and responded to secular Chinese modernity, from 1898 to this day. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226304168
- ISBN
- 9780226304168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.21€ 77.41
€ 93.21
€ 77.41
Hardback. By looking at the activities of Taoist clerics in Peking, this book explores the workings of religion as a profession in one Chinese city during a period of dramatic modernisation. It focuses on ordinary religious professionals, most of whom remained obscure temple employees. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 425 pages, 5 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HRAX; HRKN5; HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025059
- ISBN
- 9780674025059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.34
€ 53.99
€ 45.34
Hardcover. Translation of: Jaerusalem 1900: la ville sainte aa l'aage des possibles. Translator(s): Tihanyi, Catherine; Weiss, Lys Ann. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226188232
- ISBN
- 9780226188232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.36
€ 50.99
€ 39.36
Hardback. Building Sustainability in East Asia: Policy, Design and People illustrates the holistic approaches and individual strategies to building sustainability that have been implemented in construction projects in Asia. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; AMCR; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119277002
- ISBN
- 9781119277002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.20
€ 102.20
Hardback. Grounded in a desire to theorize 'religion-state' relations in the multi-ethnic, multi-religious, secular city-state of Singapore, this work identifies the points of contact between religious and state institutions as well as the processes that sustain them. Series: ARI - Springer Asia Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMS; HRAM; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400708860
- ISBN
- 9789400708860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.21
€ 125.21
Paperback. Grounded in a desire to theorize 'religion-state' relations in the multi-ethnic, multi-religious, secular city-state of Singapore, this work identifies the points of contact between religious and state institutions as well as the processes that sustain them. Series: ARI - Springer Asia Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMS; HRAM2; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400735866
- ISBN
- 9789400735866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.20
€ 124.20
Hardback. This book is the first to explore the deep and lasting impacts of the largest colonial trading company, the British East India Company on the natural environment. The contributors - drawn from a wide range of academic disciplines - illuminate the relationship between colonial capital and the changing environment between 1600 and 1857. Editor(s): Damodaran, Vinita; Winterbottom, Anna; Lester, Alan. Series: Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTP; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427267
- ISBN
- 9781137427267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.90
€ 197.90
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312239138
- ISBN
- 9780312239138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.95
€ 64.95
Hardcover. Chinese banks have been making headlines recently, but what lies beneath? Banking in China appears different. What explains the current arrangement? What can we expect from such a banking industry in the future? This book answers these two questions in a fully revised second edition and contributes to a new understanding of Chinese banks. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 32. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272699
- ISBN
- 9780230272699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.89
€ 124.89
Hardcover. Tells the tale of the authors childhood spent in the city of Caliphs, Scheherazade and the land of the Garden of Eden, of traditions passed down over the generations, and captures the elusive quality of a scene totally at odds with our image of Iraq. Editor(s): Rocca, Tony; Rocca, Mira. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50-55 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJ; BGHA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 225 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Forum Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955709500
- ISBN
- 9780955709500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.27
€ 26.99
€ 23.27