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Shi´ite Lebanon: Transnational Religion and the Making of National Id...
Roschanack Shaery-Eisenlohr
Hardback. Presents a framework for understanding Shi'ite national politics in Lebanon. This book recasts the relationship between religion and nationalism in the Middle East. It reconsiders not only the politics of the established leadership of Shi'ites, but also the everyday and popular practices of identity production in Lebanon. Series: History & Society of the Modern Middle East. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 b&w figures. BIC Classification: 1FBL; HRH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144261
- ISBN
- 9780231144261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.66€ 75.86
€ 98.66
€ 75.86
Hardback. Shi'ism in South East Asia is the first book in any language to engage critically with the traditions of 'Alid piety. It provides an engaging work that moves away from the polemical sectarian discourses on shi'ism in southeast Asia. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044363
- ISBN
- 9781849044363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.58€ 58.23
€ 58.58
€ 58.23
Hardback. Translator(s): Fischer, Paul. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231159067
- ISBN
- 9780231159067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.60€ 50.75
€ 64.60
€ 50.75
Paperback. Shiro Kashiba sparked a food revolution by bringing sushi to Seattle. Today, his inspiration comes from the Pacific Northwest's bounty. Num Pages: 320 pages, Color and B&W photographs and illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBBW; BM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Chin Music Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984457625
- ISBN
- 9780984457625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99
€ 21.99
Paperback. Shams al-Din Mohammad Hafez Shirazi, a classical poet is broadly popular in his native Shiraz and in Iran as a whole, and among lovers of great verse traditions. This book provides a context for Hafez's poetry and is intended for medievalists, students of the Middle East, and specialists in urban studies. Series: Publications on the Near East. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295983912
- ISBN
- 9780295983912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.43
€ 32.99
€ 29.43
Paperback. Richly illustrated reconstruction - equal parts social history, anthropology, and survival chronicle - of the journey of 30 castaways from the Dutch ship Amstelveen. Num Pages: 148 pages, 60 black and white; 0 full color. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 9. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089648389
- ISBN
- 9789089648389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 47.17
€ 49.99
€ 47.17
Paperback. Of Japan's two great religious traditions, Shinto is far less known and understood in the West. Although there are a number of books that explain the religion and its philosophy, this work is the first in English to focus on sites where Shinto has been practised since the dawn of Japanese history. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRKN3; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Univ of Hawaii Pr
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824837136
- ISBN
- 9780824837136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.67
€ 32.99
€ 28.67
Hardcover. Shin Kanemaru (1914-1996) served as a key power broker at the national level in Japan from the 1970s until the early 1990s. He was at the heart of the '1955 system' of conservative political rule. Though never Prime Minister himself, he controlled or strongly influenced the administrations of five Japanese Prime Ministers. Num Pages: 135 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137457363
- ISBN
- 9781137457363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Hardback. There exists a tendency to explain away much of Shiite politics in the Middle East as inextricably linked to Iranian foreign policy. Laurence Louer challenges this view, arguing that, in the end, local political imperatives have been the crucial factor determining the direction of Shiite states in the Middle East. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRAM2; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042024
- ISBN
- 9781849042024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.08
€ 42.08
Hardback. Num Pages: 424 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 3 maps, 3 graphs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166720
- ISBN
- 9780231166720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.50
€ 54.99
€ 39.50
Hardback. Explores the process and rationale of the emergence of ethnic identity to investigate how and why ethnic groups exclude each other, looking specifically at the case of racial and ethnic group identity formation in the early years of Israeli statehood. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 360 pages, 26 tables, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804756976
- ISBN
- 9780804756976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.93
€ 94.93
Hardcover. This book explores the role that boundary making plays in creating a societal understanding of current migration dynamics and, by extension, in legitimising migration regimes. By comparing most recent developments in Europe and China, it reveals insights on convergent social and political practices of boundary making under divergent conditions. Editor(s): Pries, Ludger. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPC; JFFM; JFFN; JFSL1; JPH; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369719
- ISBN
- 9780230369719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology. Num Pages: 273 pages, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137565372
- ISBN
- 9781137565372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780936347745
- ISBN
- 9780936347745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.83
€ 41.99
€ 29.83
Hardcover. Focusing substantially on the relation between the concept of constitutionalism and Islamic Law in general and how such relation is specifically reflected in the Shiite jurisprudence, this volume explores the juristic origins of constitutionalism, especially in the context of 1905 Constitutional Revolution in Iran. Series: Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJ; HRAX; HRH; LAFS; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110731
- ISBN
- 9780230110731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Hardback. This study of the history of the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies examines its influence on Middle East politics from the point of view of a witness. The text draws on primary source material papers from the Public Record Office and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1FBL; JNMF; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333689677
- ISBN
- 9780333689677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Hardcover. Includes bibliographies. Commissioning organisation: introduced and edited by David Cevet. 107 p. 22 cm. Publishers cloth. Good clean copy with dw.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Allen & U
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0051396
- ISBN
- 9780048080172
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Includes bibliographies. Commissioning organisation: introduced and edited by David Cevet. 107 p. 22 cm. Publishers cloth. Good clean copy with dw.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Allen & U
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0051394
- ISBN
- 9780048080172
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Includes bibliographies. Commissioning organisation: introduced and edited by David Cevet. 107 p. 22 cm. Publishers cloth. Good clean copy with dw.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Allen & U
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0051393
- ISBN
- 9780048080172
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Includes bibliographies. Commissioning organisation: introduced and edited by David Cevet. 107 p. 22 cm. Publishers cloth. Good clean copy with dw.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Allen & U
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1973
- SKU
- KEX0051395
- ISBN
- 9780048080172
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99