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Paperback. This book sets out to unravel and explain the puzzle of the global rise of China: how, in just forty years, China has been quickly transformed from a poor, backward third-world country to one of the world s core economic powerhouses. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; GTF; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745664743
ISBN
9780745664743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.29

paperback. Editor(s): Harvey, Barbara S. Num Pages: 172 pages, 21. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 255 x 25. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Southeast Asia Program Publications United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780877277446
ISBN
9780877277446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.67

Hardback. Sylhet, the area of Bangladesh most closely associated with overseas migration, has seen an increase in remittances sent home from abroad, introducing new inequalities. Social change has also been mediated by the global forces of Western biomedicine and orthodox Islam. This book examines the effects of these modernizing trends on mental health.. Num Pages: 238 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKB; JHBK; MBPK; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444. Mental Illness, Modernity and Islam in Sylhet, Bangladesh. 252 pages, 25 ills. Sylhet, the area of Bangladesh most closely associated with overseas migration, has seen an increase in remittances sent home from abroad, introducing new inequalities. Social change has also been mediated by the global forces of Western biomedicine and orthodox Islam. This book examines the effects of these modernizing trends on mental health. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FKB; JHBK; MBPK; PSXM. Dimension: 162 x 233 x 16. Weight: 444.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
238
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454881
ISBN
9780857454881
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.06

Paperback. Back Stories looks at the production of U.S. news during the second Intifada, highlighting the unrecognized and unexamined work of Palestinian journalists and its effects on Palestinian society and politics. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804781411
ISBN
9780804781411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.58

Hardcover. This text analyzes how writing over the period of a century justified and was affected by the introduction and extension of British domination of India, demonstrating the link between written representations and the ideological, economic and political climate, and debates. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1998th Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333689424
ISBN
9780333689424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.84

Paperback. Analyzes the consumption of media by Arab citizens of Israel as a type of communicative behavior and a form of political action. Drawing on public opinion survey data, this book describes perceptions and use of media ranging from Arabic Israeli newspapers to satellite television broadcasts from throughout the Middle East. Series: Indiana Series in Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221414
ISBN
9780253221414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.05

paperback. Examines the internal dynamics of the Palestinian political elite and their impact on the struggle to establish a Palestinian state. This book argues that the Fatah leadership has attempted to mobilize social forces, local secular-nationalist and Islamist movements, while undermining their ability to develop independent power structures. Series: Indiana Series in Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217738
ISBN
9780253217738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.86

paperback. 'Her dissection of Hizbullah's worldview is instructive. She treads carefully.' - The Jerusalem Post Series: Critical Studies on Islam. Num Pages: 264 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1FBL; HRH; JPW; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745317922
ISBN
9780745317922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 30.62

Hardback. Num Pages: 300 pages, color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1FB; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia Books on Architecture and the City
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941332146
ISBN
9781941332146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.19

paperback. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Tulika Book India
Edition
4th ed.
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9789382381341
ISBN
9789382381341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.39

Hardback. Afghanistan has become synonymous with violence. In the past 25 years alone, the country has endured Russian invasion and occupation, civil war and a US--led military campaign, resulting in the combined loss of over 2 million lives, most of them civilian. Series: Global Political Hot Spots. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FCA; JFFE; JPH; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745631141
ISBN
9780745631141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.38

Hardcover. Contributing to current debates about the globality and mediatisation of memories, Media and Memory in New Shanghai interrogates the city's spectacular regeneration into an emergent world centre, describing how Western elites partake in the production of New Shanghai by feeling its futures and performing its futures past. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137014641
ISBN
9781137014641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. A maverick in the history of photography, lshiuchi Miyako burst onto the photography scene in Tokyo in the mid-1970s, at a time when men dominated the field in Japan. Working prodigiously over the last forty years, she has created an impressive oeuvre and quietly influenced generations of photographers born in the postwar era. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 colour, 89 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 248 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1200.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606064559
ISBN
9781606064559
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.53
€ 42.10

Hardback. This book draws out and examines the trends in education and research in the field of library and information science (LIS) in the vast Asia-Oceania region. Information is an important part of the human condition and critical to the development of the Asia-Oceania region. The book is timely, therefore, as the region continues to grow and develop. Editor(s): Spink, Amanda; Singh, Diljit. Series: Library and Information Science Series. Num Pages: 335 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1M; GL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 235 x 34. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780524702
ISBN
9781780524702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.55

Paperback. Investigates the role of civic associations in promoting democratic attitudes and behavioral patterns in contexts that are less than democratic. This work argues that, in state-centralized environments, associations can just as easily promote civic qualities vital to authoritarian citizenship - such as support for the regime in power. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPHV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140995
ISBN
9780691140995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.12

Paperback. Examining such countries as Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Palestine, and Saudi Arabia, this title explores how Arab citizens decide whether to back existing regimes, regime transitions, and democratization projects, and how the global position of Arab states shapes people's attitudes toward their governments. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 line illus. 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149653
ISBN
9780691149653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.85

Hardback. Examining such countries as Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Palestine, and Saudi Arabia, this title explores how Arab citizens decide whether to back existing regimes, regime transitions, and democratization projects, and how the global position of Arab states shapes people's attitudes toward their governments. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 line illus. 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780691149646
ISBN
9780691149646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.39
€ 84.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Tulika Book India
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9789382381747
ISBN
9789382381747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Hardcover. Indian firms have grown explosively over the last two decades since India adopted wholesale neo-liberal policies in 1991. Nayak attributes the expansion of these Indian firms and their multinational businesses to the owners' ability to manoeuvre and mould key agents in the external environment rather than to the internal management of the firm. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KJK; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230298606
ISBN
9780230298606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.03

Hardback. Explores in detail some aspects of the Arab-Jewish divide, which raise fundamental questions regarding the place of the Arabs and Arab language education in the Jewish State. This book aims to describe and analyze language education in the Arab society in Israel from the establishment of the state in 1948 onwards. Series: Language Policy. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; CFB; CJB; JNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402005855
ISBN
9781402005855
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.21

Hardback. This collection contributes to theoretical debates about women workers in Asia. It provides information and insight into labour systems associated with labour intensive export manufactures and state labour relations in a comparative context. Editor(s): Kaur, Amarjit. Series: Studies in the Economies of East and South-East Asia. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JFSJ1; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333962930
ISBN
9780333962930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.00

hardcover. This a wide-ranging study focuses on five main themes: labour processes, migration and labour systems; labour circulation or mobility; the gendered nature of labour relations; and class consciousness, worker organization and labour standards. Series: A Modern Economic History of Southeast Asia. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 3JH; 3JJ; KCF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
Edition
2004th Edition
SKU
V9780333736968
ISBN
9780333736968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.20

Paperback. This collection brings together a diverse array of scholars to analyse the issues and points of tension that have marked Sri Lanka's uncertain peace. Editor(s): Amarasingam, Amarnath; Bass, Daniel. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JM; GTF; GTJ; HBJF; HBLX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 145. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849045735
ISBN
9781849045735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.71

Paperback. The definitive account of the First Anglo-Sikh War, with maps that shed light on the action as never before Num Pages: 336 pages, 65. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445641959
ISBN
9781445641959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.02

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