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Hardcover. This work explores the cultural and social developments of the USA during the 1970s and offers a survey of both 1970s popular culture and political, economic, and military developments. Central to the text is the belief that the 1970s were a time of betrayal and loss for the USA. Num Pages: 264 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JJPL; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629733
ISBN
9780815629733
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.25

Paperback. These essays are based on contemporary fieldwork in Iran by scholars of Iranian culture. The contributors cover topics such as civil society, foreign relations, Islamism, religious-secular debates and women's issues. These essays challenge stereotypes that have developed about modern-day Iran. Editor(s): Hooglund, Eric. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629757
ISBN
9780815629757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.92

Paperback. Six candid interviews introduce readers to a class of Muslim women rarely acknowledged in the West. The book aims to shed light on the status, conflicts and social realities of educated Muslim women in Pakistan. They tell of the conflicts and compromises with family and community. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 368 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629795
ISBN
9780815629795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.72

Paperback. In this volume, 15 Iranian women talk intimately about all aspects of their lives, from domestic concerns to professional issues. The women - the eldest of whom is in her 50s, the youngest, 38 - explore their relationships, reflect on courtship and marriage, and address childcare and employment. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 200 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629818
ISBN
9780815629818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.20

Paperback. Focusing specifically on Jordanian and Palestinian women, Sonbol shows the legal constraints extant in a number of legal codes, namely penal codes that permit violence against Muslim women and personal status laws that require a husband's permission for a woman to work. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 296 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; 1FBP; HBJF1; JFSJ1; JFSR2; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629856
ISBN
9780815629856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.11

Hardcover. Providing an account of the British involvement and support of the Iranian constitutional and national struggle of 1906-1911, this book examines the role of the Persia Committee, a lobbying group founded in 1908 for the purpose of changing Britain's policy towards Iran. It also covers how Edward Grey's policy towards Iran was shaped. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 592 pages, 18 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJC; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1266.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630425
ISBN
9780815630425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.58

Hardcover. Set in the first decade of modern Israel's existence, this volume offers an insightful look at the changing relationship of American Jews and the reborn Jewish nation/state. Series: Modern Jewish History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 photographs, glossary,notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630517
ISBN
9780815630517
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.08

Paperback. Shows how the complex and contradictory characteristics of globalization constrain and promote the peace processes in Israel/Palestine and Northern Ireland. This title views that a critical interrogation of the interface between economic interests and policy makers is central to an understanding of the relationship between globalization and peace. Series: Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1FBH; 1FBP; GTJ; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630692
ISBN
9780815630692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.22

Hardcover. Provides an analysis of the dynamics of change and class configuration in Iranian society. Using a theoretical framework, this work maps the trajectory of class changes over time, specifically noting the movements between pre revolutionary and post revolutionary Iran. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 376 pages, notes, bibliography, index, 37 tables, 13 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630708
ISBN
9780815630708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Hardcover. Examining Kurdish nationalism as a function of diverse political spaces, this book analyzes the formation of Kurdish national identity. In tracing the evolution of Kurdish nationalism, the author shows that, contrary to popular theories, there is nothing natural or fixed about Kurdish identity or the configuration that Kurdish nationalism assumes. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 black-&-white photographs, glossary, notes, works cited, index. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FBN; 1FBQ; JFSR2; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630845
ISBN
9780815630845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.43

Paperback. Useful for students of gender and Middle East studies, this book examines gender, women's involvement, and sexuality in the ideologies and strategies of a transnational Palestinian political movement. It focuses on the central party apparatus of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Democratic Front branches. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 216 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; 1FBP; JFSJ1; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630876
ISBN
9780815630876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.64

Paperback. Provides a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of change and class configuration in Iranian society. This is an examination of the effects of revolution, Islamic populism, protracted war, and economic crisis on the class nature of the workforce in Iran. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW; JP; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630944
ISBN
9780815630944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.88

Hardcover. Takes an insightful look at how entire households, families, and individuals "cope," negotiate their lives, and plan to achieve goals in Occupied Palestine. This book posits that household dynamics cannot be fully grasped unless linked to the traumas of the past and worries of the present. Editor(s): Taraki, Lisa. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 312 pages, 45 tables, index, notes. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JHMC; JHMP; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631071
ISBN
9780815631071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.17

Hardcover. Using the Hodeida Urban Primary Health Care Project as a case study, this book offers an analysis of how development policies of the state interconnect with agendas of global donor organizations and the employment of women in the face of social disapproval and barriers to advancement. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 358 pages, 13 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; JFSJ1; KCM; MBNH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 689.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631217
ISBN
9780815631217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.70

Paperback. Centuries before W B Yeats wove Indian, Japanese, and Irish forms together in his poetry and plays, Irish writers found kinship in Asian and West Asian cultures. This book maps the discourse of Irish Orientalism within Ireland's complex colonial heritage. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1F; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 718.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631644
ISBN
9780815631644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.28

Hardcover. Miss India competition has become a prominent feature of Indian popular culture, influencing, over time, the conventional standard for female beauty. Through the lens of the 2003 beauty pageant, the author examines what feminine beauty has come to mean in a country transformed by political, economic, and cultural developments. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFCA; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631767
ISBN
9780815631767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.86

Hardcover. Explores the central issues of vision and visibility in Iranian culture. This book focuses on historical and literary texts to understand the use of visual culture in the production of the contemporary nation. It examines various discourses that have constituted the image of the "Babi." Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; APFA; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631798
ISBN
9780815631798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.68

Hardcover. At the close of the nineteenth century, American women missionaries traveled far afield to spread Christianity across the globe. Their presence abroad played a significant role in shaping foreign perceptions of America. This work tells the history of women's foreign missions in Japan. Series: Women in Religion. Num Pages: 232 pages, 3 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JH; HRCX7; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631811
ISBN
9780815631811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.64

Hardcover. Offers an overview of the ways in which Middle Eastern cities can be studied. This book includes essays that explore the interconnectedness between religion and its geography. It defines and maps out urban social history in the Middle East from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Sluglett, Peter. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 344 pages, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631941
ISBN
9780815631941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.00

Hardcover. Takes a gendered approach to labor conflicts, anticolonial struggles, and citizenship in modern Lebanon. Challenging the assumptions about culturally inscribed roles for Middle Eastern women, this book highlights traditions of public activism and militancy among rural women that are in turn adapted to the spaces of the French Tobacco Monopoly. Series: Beyond Dominant Paradigms in the Middle East. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 b/w illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBL; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632122
ISBN
9780815632122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.32

Hardcover. women's employment and issues related to poverty in Iran Editor(s): Bahramitash, Roksana; Esfahani, Hadi Salehi. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 360 pages, 63 tables, 16 figures, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSR2; KCFM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632139
ISBN
9780815632139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.26

Hardcover. A study of the role of popular culture and women in particular in the shaping of Iranian modernity Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 black-&-white illustrations, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBTB; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632245
ISBN
9780815632245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.11

Hardcover. Emerging in the early 1970s, the Organization of Iranian People's Fadai Guerrillas (OIPFG) become one of the most important secular leftist political organizations in Iran. This title presents a comprehensive examination of the rise and fall of the Fadai urban guerrilla movement in Iran. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9 black-&-white illustrations, 5 tables, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632436
ISBN
9780815632436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.91

Hardcover. Imperial Citizen considers the geopolitical necessities of Ottoman-Iranian/Sunni-Shiite relations in the Iraqi frontier provinces in the late 19th-early 20th century through an examination of Ottoman centralization policies, and the impact of those policies on Ottoman citizenship laws and on the institution of marriage. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBTQ; LNDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632856
ISBN
9780815632856
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.21

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