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Paperback. Exploring the rationale behind the physical structure and spatial patterns of traditional Iranian cities, this study examines cities built before the general modernization of Iran that began after World War II, in the light of specifically Iranian environmental factors. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 152 pages, photographs, glossary, index, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: 1FBN; AMVD; JFS; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628606
- ISBN
- 9780815628606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.11
€ 28.11
Jerusalem: A City and Its Future (Publication of the Jerusalem Institu...
Ahimeir, Ora, Breger, Marshall J.
Paperback. In this work, contributors consider aspects of the "politics of religion" - an issue rarely explored objectively in existing literature. Other articles propose ways of mediating the challenges of Jerusalem. The text should appeal to Jewish and Christian audiences alike. Editor(s): Breger, Marshall J.; Ahimeir, Ora. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 maps, 11 tables, 10 figures, notes, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1FBH; GTB; HBJF1; HBLW3; JP; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 685.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629139
- ISBN
- 9780815629139
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Condition: New
€ 42.52
€ 42.52
Hardcover. Collects essays that examine issues of gender, family, and law in the Middle East and South Asia. This title addresses the role of religious politics in writing family law and the implications for gender relations, and the tension between international standards emerging from UN conferences and conventions and various nationalist projects. Editor(s): Cuno, Kenneth M.; Desai, Manisha, PhD. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 296 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FK; JFSJ; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 602.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632351
- ISBN
- 9780815632351
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Condition: New
€ 64.54
€ 64.54
Hardcover. This is the first study in English of French-language fiction by Lebanese women writers and therefore brings a relatively unknown literary tradition to light. Series: Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 2ADF; 2CSR; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633563
- ISBN
- 9780815633563
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Condition: New
€ 59.24
€ 59.24
Hardcover. Heralding a new period of creativity, In the Wake of the Poetic explores the aesthetics and politics of Palestinian cultural expression in the last two decades. Through an examination of selected works by key artists Rahman articulates an aesthetic founded on loss, dispersion, dispossession, and transformation. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JM; AB; ACXJ; AV; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815634089
- ISBN
- 9780815634089
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Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67
Paperback. "This volume originated in a conference held at the Middle East Studies Center at Portland State University in 2013, Minorities of the Modern Middle East."--Acknowledgments page. Editor(s): Robson, Laura. Series: Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815634331
- ISBN
- 9780815634331
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Condition: New
€ 51.25
€ 51.25
paperback. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FBS; 3JM; GTJ; JFFD; JFFN; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780815634713
- ISBN
- 9780815634713
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Condition: New
€ 34.86
€ 34.86
Paperback. Provides a groundbreaking exploration of how groups use cultural forms to navigate memories of violation and to create new political identities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1HFMS; JFD; JFSJ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815634744
- ISBN
- 9780815634744
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Condition: New
€ 44.30
€ 44.30
Paperback. Horner offers a new interpretation of how China's changed view of its modern historical experience has also changed China's understanding of its long intellectual and cultural tradition. Spirited reevaluations of history, strategy, commerce, and literature are cooperating and competing to define the future." Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820338781
- ISBN
- 9780820338781
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Condition: New
€ 38.02
€ 38.02
Paperback. Analyzes the influences on the rapid future development of China and India and examines how their growth is likely to impinge upon other countries. This book considers international trade, industrialization, foreign investment, and capital flows, and the implications of their broadening environmental footprints. Editor(s): Winters, Professor Alan; Yusuf, Shahid. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; GTF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- World Bank Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821367490
- ISBN
- 9780821367490
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Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Enhancing China's Competitiveness through Lifelong Learning (WBI Devel...
Carl Dahlman, Douglas Zhihua Zeng, Shuilin Wa...
Paperback. Discusses the issues involved in building a lifelong learning system in China, including: a coherent policy framework, a sound incentive and institutional framework, a sound regulatory environment, a coordinated governance process, a reliable management information system, a link with the global system, and the optimal use of limited resources. Editor(s): Dahlman, Carl J.; Zeng, Douglas Zhihua; Wang, Shuilin. Num Pages: 175 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JNP; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 630.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- World Bank Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821369432
- ISBN
- 9780821369432
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Condition: New
€ 19.52
€ 19.52
Paperback. Describes how skillful management, effective communications, and technical expertise helped to reach consensus and nurtured private-public partnerships, engaged stakeholders, strengthened Lao PDR's development framework and poverty reduction efforts, and addressed the project's environmental and social impacts. Series: Directions in Development - Human Development. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FML; GTF; KCM; TNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- World Bank Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821369852
- ISBN
- 9780821369852
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Condition: New
€ 29.31
€ 29.31
Paperback. Presents an overview of China's water scarcity situation, assesses the policy and institutional requirements for addressing it, and recommends key areas for strengthening and reform. This report covers water governance, water rights, water pricing and affordability, watershed ecological compensation, and water pollution control. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- World Bank Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821376454
- ISBN
- 9780821376454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.60
€ 39.60
Third International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians: Part 2: Pt. 2 ...
. Ed(S): Lau, Ka-Sing; Xin, Zhou-Ping; Yau, S...
paperback. Consists of the proceedings of the Third International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians, held at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in December 2004. This book features lectures on topics such as algebra, number theory and cryptography; algebraic geometry and algebraic topology; and, geometric analysis; complex analysis and complex geometry. Editor(s): Lau, Ka-Sing; Xin, Zhou-Ping; Yau, Shing-Tung. Series: AMS/IP Studies in Advanced Mathematics. Num Pages: 874 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; PB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society United States
- Number of pages
- 874
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821844526
- ISBN
- 9780821844526
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Condition: New
€ 137.86
€ 137.86
hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; HBTB; JHB; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824856748
- ISBN
- 9780824856748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.02
€ 76.02
paperback. Offers the first book-length study of the theory and practice of "abandoning the body"(self-immolation) in Chinese Buddhism. This book examines the hagiographical accounts of all those who made offerings of their own bodies and places them in historical, social, cultural, and doctrinal context. Series: Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HREP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780824867898
- ISBN
- 9780824867898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.27
€ 30.27
Hardcover. The first book-length study of the life and writings of Ohran Pamuk, the first Turkish writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874809305
- ISBN
- 9780874809305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
Paperback. Examines the work of Ali Abd al-Raziq, considered the intellectual father of Islamic secularism, and his controversial idea that Islam is a religion, not a state; a message, not a government. " Num Pages: 163 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874809510
- ISBN
- 9780874809510
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Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Hardback. A collection of anecdotes, conversations, and remarks concerning historic personalities of 150 to 420 A.D. China. Translator(s): Mather, Richard B. Series: Michigan Classics in Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 776 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBG; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1131.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 776
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892641550
- ISBN
- 9780892641550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.16
€ 89.16
Paperback. Editor(s): Sawa, Fumiya; Sanders, Mark; Tsuzuki, Kyoichi. Num Pages: 272 pages, 300 colour and 30 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AGH; AJC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1006.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Trolley Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954264864
- ISBN
- 9780954264864
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.80
€ 40.99
€ 33.80
Paperback. The first collection to take critical look at the international movement to boycott Israel. Editor(s): Nelson, Cary; Brahm, Gabriel Noah. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780990331605
- ISBN
- 9780990331605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Addressing Inequality in South Asia (South Asia Development Matters)
Rama, Martín, Béteille, Tara, Li, Yue, Mitr...
Paperback. Editor(s): Mitra, Pradeep; Newman, John. Series: South Asia Development Matters. Num Pages: 194 pages, colour illustrations, colour tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFFJ; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- World Bank Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781464800221
- ISBN
- 9781464800221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. In this rich interdisciplinary study, Sujani Reddy examines the consequential lives of Indian nurses whose careers have unfolded in the contexts of empire, migration, familial relations, race, and gender. As Reddy shows, the nursing profession developed in India against a complex backdrop of British and US imperialism. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469625072
- ISBN
- 9781469625072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.50
€ 45.99
€ 45.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469626802
- ISBN
- 9781469626802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28