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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
€ 161.49
€ 161.49
Hardback. Introducing the major works and currents of Joseon painting, Pathways to Korean Culture explores the various social, cultural and political perspectives of this dynamic, dynastic era (1392-1910), uncovering the fascinating history of more than 500 years of Korean art and visual culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 150 colour, 30 black & white. BIC Classification: 1FPK; ACBP; AFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 257 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1462.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780233673
- ISBN
- 9781780233673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.40
€ 74.40
Hardcover. Investigates class mobility in a group of 40 -50-year-old second-generation Moroccan immigrant women, members of a subordinate ethnic group in Israel. Series: Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1HBM; JFFN; JFSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814338810
- ISBN
- 9780814338810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.14
€ 56.14
Paperback. Post WWII Singapore history generally follows a central theme of progress to establish the PAP political, economic and social model. Alternatives receive cursory treatment as problems, false starts, or difficulties to be overcome. This book reveals a complex situation that involved a much larger cast of significant players. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; HBJF; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- NUS Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789971693787
- ISBN
- 9789971693787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.24
€ 27.24
Paperback. Nine men. 2,000 enemies. No back-up. No air support. No rescue. No chance..The SUNDAY TIMES bestseller. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; BGHA; HBJF1; HBWS5; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 135 x 27. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409129028
- ISBN
- 9781409129028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.89
€ 15.99
€ 11.89
Hardcover. The tribal unrest-stirred up by fanatical Islamic religious leaders calling for Jihad against the British-that erupted along the North West Frontier of India in 1897. It was a short but sharp period of violence that would see the award of no fewer than eleven VCs, in what was the most serious challenge to the Empire since the Indian Mutiny. Num Pages: 272 pages, 64 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTV; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 245 x 30. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555408
- ISBN
- 9781781555408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.66
€ 43.99
€ 36.66
Hardback. Combines an analysis of documented archaeological sites in the Koksu River valley of eastern Kazakhstan with paleoecological and ethnohistorical data to illustrate patterns in land use, settlement, burial, and rock art. This work illuminates the effect of nomadic strategies on the geography of social interaction. Num Pages: 232 pages, 28 b/w photographs, 6 line illustrations, 19 maps, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; HDDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 188 x 21. Weight in Grams: 684. 232 pages, Illustrations, maps. Combines an analysis of documented archaeological sites in the Koksu River valley of eastern Kazakhstan with paleoecological and ethnohistorical data to illustrate patterns in land use, settlement, burial, and rock art. This work illuminates the effect of nomadic strategies on the geography of social interaction. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; HDDA. Dimension: 261 x 188 x 21. Weight: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256897
- ISBN
- 9780520256897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.44€ 65.32
€ 84.44
€ 65.32
Paperback. For decades, Israel and Palestine have been locked in ongoing conflict over land that each claims as its own. In 2011, the author lived in Ramallah in Palestine's occupied West Bank and taught in nearby Jerusalem. In this book, he offers a personal take on the conflict. Num Pages: 122 pages, 78 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; JPSD; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 116 x 178 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC United States
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984201037
- ISBN
- 9780984201037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.71
€ 13.99
€ 12.71
Hardback. Focusing on the responses of writers in Shanghai to the Japanese occupation, this book corrects the postwar conception of occupied China as a field of conflict between selfless resisters and shameless collaborators by showing a complexity and ambiguity of moral choices that defies such stereotyping. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 half-tones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804721721
- ISBN
- 9780804721721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.89
€ 155.89
Paperback. Why would love for their language lead several men in southern India to burn themselves alive in its name? This title analyzes the discourses of love, labor, and life that transformed Tamil into an object of such passionate attachment, producing in the process one of modern India's most intense movements for linguistic revival and separatism. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 343 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BRT; 3JH; 3JJ; CFB; CFG; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520208056
- ISBN
- 9780520208056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.54
€ 38.99
€ 28.54
Hardback. Investigates the emerging, new sexual culture of Iranian youth, in which sexuality represents freedom and engaging in sex can be considered political activism. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758567
- ISBN
- 9780804758567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.16
€ 116.16
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FMN; JFMX; JFSJ1; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195502
- ISBN
- 9781845195502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.14
€ 130.14
Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTB; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691652887
- ISBN
- 9780691652887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.37€ 120.46
€ 159.37
€ 120.46
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JPF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780691626673
- ISBN
- 9780691626673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.52€ 42.11
€ 53.52
€ 42.11
Paperback. Essays by twelve leading scholars give readers insight into the workings of politics in Communist China. Editor(s): Lewis, John Wilson. Series: Contemporary China Institute Publications. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470. "Commissioning organisation: Lewis, J. W. (editor) 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall Paperback. A good clean Copy. First Edition". Keywords: "History - World History - Pre-500,Subjects - History - General,Subjects - History - World History - Pre-500,Subjects - History - Countries & Regions - Asia - China - Ge"
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KON0527585
- ISBN
- 9780521096140
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In recent decades, China has become a quasi-capitalist economic powerhouse. Yet it continues to be ruled by the same Communist Party-dominated government that has been in power since 1949. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745663852
- ISBN
- 9780745663852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.72
€ 22.72
Hardback. In recent decades, China has become a quasi-capitalist economic powerhouse. Yet it continues to be ruled by the same Communist Party-dominated government that has been in power since 1949. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745663845
- ISBN
- 9780745663845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Partners and Rivals, the latest book from acclaimed economist Wendy Dobson, examines the central role that China and the United States will play on the global stage in the next half-century. Series: Rotman-UTP Publishing. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647527
- ISBN
- 9781442647527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.77
€ 43.99
€ 43.77
Hardcover. Analyzing pre and post-1954 American literature, film, autobiography, government documents, ethnography, photographs, and popular culture, this title investigates the ways in which racially 'in-between' people and communities were brought to heel within the South's prevailing cultural logic. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814791325
- ISBN
- 9780814791325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.29
€ 92.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; GTJ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Independent Institute,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781598130256
- ISBN
- 9781598130256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.47
€ 17.99
€ 16.47
Hardcover. The Partition of British India into the nations of India and Pakistan in 1947 and the further redrawing of the borders in 1971 to create Bangladesh were major, wrenching events whose effects are still felt today. This volume gathers essays from scholars that explore substantial new ground in Partition research. Editor(s): Butalia, Urvashi. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 29. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Zubaan/Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789383074778
- ISBN
- 9789383074778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.60
€ 45.99
€ 35.60
Hardback. Revisiting Edward Said's late proposals for a one-state solution, Butler has come to a startling suggestion: Jewish ethics not only demand a critique of Zionism, but must transcend its exclusive Jewishness in order to realize the ethical and political ideals of living together in radical democracy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JFSR1; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480. Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism. 256 pages. Revisiting Edward Said's late proposals for a one-state solution, Butler has come to a startling suggestion: Jewish ethics not only demand a critique of Zionism, but must transcend its exclusive Jewishness in order to realize the ethical and political ideals of living together in radical democracy. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JFSR1; JPFN. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 20. Weight: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146104
- ISBN
- 9780231146104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.20
€ 30.99
€ 22.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HPS; HRJ; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146111
- ISBN
- 9780231146111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.90
€ 23.99
€ 17.90
Num Pages: 190 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1FKB; KNAL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 188 x 18. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606923917
- ISBN
- 9781606923917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.54€ 81.08
€ 116.54
€ 81.08