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Hardcover. Hayek charts the rise to cultural prominence of the city of Beirut as a significant player in shaping perceptions of Lebanese culture and identity - not only following the destruction of the city-centre during the country's fifteen-year civil war, as is mostly assumed in recent scholarship - but over a century. Series: Written Culture and Identity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1FBL; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 27. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784530150
- ISBN
- 9781784530150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.95€ 133.93
€ 150.95
€ 133.93
Paperback. In the streets armed militias carve out their territories, while ragged construction workers rebuild the city. At any moment, the bombs will start falling. Meanwhile, Zena and her friend Maya must try to make sense of their lives amidst the craziness, and negotiate the city's obsessions including cosmetic surgery, husband hunting and Kalashnikovs. Num Pages: 218 pages, Line Drawings, approximately 29. BIC Classification: 1FBL; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- SAQI BOOKS
- Number of pages
- 218
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863564154
- ISBN
- 9780863564154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.22
€ 12.22
Paperback. Packed with up-to-date information on this fast-changing city, Footprintfocus Beirut covers the elegance of the old city, the energy of the shopping district, and the ski resorts of Mount Lebanon. Series: Footprint Focus Guide. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Footprint Handbooks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909268913
- ISBN
- 9781909268913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
€ 11.72
Hardback. Tells of the story of Beirut, a city that has stood at the crossroads of Mediterranean civilization for more than four thousand years. This title takes the reader from the ancient to the modern world, offering a panorama of the city's Seleucid, Roman, Arab, Ottoman, and French incarnations. Translator(s): DeBevoise, M. B. Num Pages: 656 pages, 115 b/w photographs, 17 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBL; HBJF1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1032.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Text is Free of Markings
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256682
- ISBN
- 9780520256682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.54€ 48.54
€ 61.54
€ 48.54
Paperback. Praised as the definitive history of Beirut, this is the story of a city that has stood at the crossroads of Mediterranean civilization for more than four thousand years. It takes the reader from the ancient to the modern world, offering a dazzling panorama of the city's Seleucid, Roman, Arab, Ottoman, and French incarnations. Translator(s): DeBevoise, M. B. Num Pages: 656 pages, 115 b/w photographs, 17 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBL; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 38. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271265
- ISBN
- 9780520271265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.84
€ 38.99
€ 28.84
Paperback. Addresses the central position of fieldwork in modern social anthropology, examining previous works on the subject and locating a discussion of the nature of fieldwork within the context of current theoretical debates. Editor(s): Watson, C. W. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 184 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; 1DST; 1FKAH; 1FKB; 1FMN; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745314921
- ISBN
- 9780745314921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.37
€ 33.99
€ 26.37
Paperback. A celebration of JA culture: facts, recipes, songs, words, and memories that every JA will want to share. Num Pages: 176 pages, 65 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Stone Bridge Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611720228
- ISBN
- 9781611720228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.03
€ 20.99
€ 20.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 51 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; HRE; JHM; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 2. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164979
- ISBN
- 9780231164979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.13
€ 80.13
Hardback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 51 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HREX; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1330.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164962
- ISBN
- 9780231164962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.06€ 45.69
€ 58.06
€ 45.69
Hardcover. In a unique methodological contribution, Ramsey Elkholy adopts a set of body-centered approaches that reflect and capture the day-to-day, moment-to-moment ways in which the hunters and gatherers of Orang Rimba, Sumatra, engage with the world. Num Pages: 268 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 262 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785331596
- ISBN
- 9781785331596
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.65
€ 158.65
Hardcover. A richly textured picture of the little-known culture of a Buddhist nunnery, this text offers moving narratives of nuns struggling with the Buddhist discipline of detachment. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 halftones, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HREX; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012875
- ISBN
- 9780674012875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.26
€ 35.99
€ 30.26
Hardback. , and Japan, but it looks at how Moscow, Hanoi, Pyongyang, Tirana, and Ulan Bator interacted with Beijing in their political economic relations. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBTW; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 38. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415833
- ISBN
- 9781421415833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.96
€ 78.96
Paperback. "Issued also in English. Commissioning organisation: Liu Junwen. 210 p., [56] p. of plates ill. (some col.), maps 19 cm. Paperback. Very good copy in dulled and slightly worn covers. Text bright in a strong binding. First reprint (= Erster Nachdruck)."
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Verlag für Fremdsprachige Litera
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- SKU
- KEX0080019
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 18.99€ 4.99
€ 18.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Beginning with a discussion of the emergence, since the mid 1980s, of women's organizations in China which rejected the older All-China Women's Federation monopoly, this book goes on to focus on selected organizations and networks, providing descriptions of their history, structure and work. Series: NIAS Reports. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFJ; JFFK; JFS; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- NIAS Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788787062725
- ISBN
- 9788787062725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- MerwinAsia United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937385477
- ISBN
- 9781937385477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.00€ 53.91
€ 58.00
€ 53.91
hardcover. Series: SpringerBriefs in Business. Num Pages: 274 pages, 54 black & white illustrations, 35 colour illustrations, 91 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AMVD; RGM; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789811006777
- ISBN
- 9789811006777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.82
€ 124.82
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Exisle Publishing (Australia) Australia
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781921966156
- ISBN
- 9781921966156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.59
€ 16.59
Paperback. Editor(s): Goodman, David S. G. Num Pages: 208 pages, 16ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DCQ; JPHV; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714527178
- ISBN
- 9780714527178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.18
€ 9.18
Hardback. A survey of the main developments and government-level (both central and municipal) decisions, dealing with the 1950s and 1960s, when Beijing experienced a critical wave of transformative events. Num Pages: 536 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPC; RPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 920.
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore
- Number of pages
- 536
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814295727
- ISBN
- 9789814295727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.48
€ 59.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 203 x 28. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Avery
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592409426
- ISBN
- 9781592409426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.57
€ 17.99
€ 16.57
Paperback. A lively history of Beijing, this book is the ultimate introduction to China's extraordinary city, perfect for travelers and general readers alike. Series: CityScopes. Num Pages: 192 pages, 70 colour, 30 black & white. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780232614
- ISBN
- 9781780232614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.45
€ 30.45
Beijing is the capital of China, the most populous country in the world - and a nation in flux. After half a century of strict communist rule, China relaxed its economic controls in the mid-1990s to allow growth. This title, part of the "Global Cities" series, is an introduction to this rapidly changing city. Series: Global Cities. Num Pages: 61 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; YQN. Category: (EJ) Primary. Dimension: 261 x 183 x 12. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780791088487
- ISBN
- 9780791088487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.54
€ 35.99
€ 30.54
Paperback. Offers an illustrated investigation of the Chinese capital - Beijing - with a focus on the changes in its urban layout between 1990-2005. Num Pages: 272 pages, 180 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Publisher
- Skira Italy
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788861303027
- ISBN
- 9788861303027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.44
€ 19.44
Hardback. Series: A City Adventure in.. Num Pages: 24 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 5AF; YQG. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 228 x 227 x 9. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- BookLife Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786370549
- ISBN
- 9781786370549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.34
€ 20.99
€ 19.34