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Paperback. Editor(s): Leblanc, Charles. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 474 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
474
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691614724
ISBN
9780691614724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.44
€ 62.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBAH; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Tulika Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9789382381693
ISBN
9789382381693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.30

mass_market. As the government of South Vietnam was collapsing and communist troops were closing in, American diplomat Francis Terry McNamara led more than 300 Americans, Vietnamese, and Filipinos down a tributary of the Mekong River to safety. This is his dramatic true account of leadership, courage, and commitment. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BG; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Potomac Books United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574886931
ISBN
9781574886931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.54

Paperback. A harrowing account of Jewish refugees in the Philippines Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 photos; 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFFD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075261
ISBN
9780252075261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.98

Paperback. Introducing the incredible story of Shin Dong-hyuk - the only person born in a North Korean gulag ever to escape .. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Pan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330519540
ISBN
9780330519540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.74

Paperback. Provides detailed and powerful descriptions of popular religious beliefs and practices in late imperial China Translator(s): Grant, Beata; Idema, Wilt L. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991207
ISBN
9780295991207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. In West Java, Indonesia, all it takes is a woman's voice and a drumbeat to make a man get up and dance. The author draws on decades of ethnographic research to explore the reasons behind this phenomenon, arguing that Sundanese men use dance to explore and enact contradictions in their gender identities. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 halftones, 9 musical examples, 14 line drawings, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMN; AVA; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226769592
ISBN
9780226769592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. Presents the history of Japanese mass culture during the decades preceding Pearl Harbor. This work argues that the new gestures, relationship, and humor of ero-guro-nansensu (erotic grotesque nonsense) expressed a self-consciously modern ethos that challenged state ideology and expansionism. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 390 pages, 33 b/w photographs, 6 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
390
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260085
ISBN
9780520260085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.02

Paperback. In "Erin and Iran, " North American and European scholars consider parallel themes in and interactions between Irish and Iranian cultures from ancient times to the twentieth century. These studies of mythology, literature, and travelogues constitute the first-ever volume dealing with cultural encounters between the Irish and the Iranians. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1FBN; HBJD; HBJF1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
215
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088283
ISBN
9780674088283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.61

Paperback. Reveals the true human costs of war in Iraq, an unfolding tragedy that has yielded millions of dead and displaced Iraqis since the first Gulf War. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745328973
ISBN
9780745328973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.84

paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JH; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Human Rights Watch United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564322807
ISBN
9781564322807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.50

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJP; BGH; HBJF1; JPS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231171564
ISBN
9780231171564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Paperback. Examines how popular culture has shaped the ways Americans define their 'interests' in the Middle East. Including the 9/11 and the Iraq war, this book argues that US foreign policy, while grounded in material and military realities, is also developed in a cultural context. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 426 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; HBJF1; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520244993
ISBN
9780520244993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Challenges the notion that globalized social formations emerged solely in the Global North prior to impacting the Global South. This book brings the reader into the lives of Chinese scientists, officials, villagers, and expatriate conservationists who were caught up in environmental trends over the past years. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
F First Paperback Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276208
ISBN
9780520276208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.05

Paperback. Editor(s): Siddiqui, Omar. Num Pages: 82 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; 1KBB; JPS; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 232 x 6. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
82
Condition
New
SKU
V9781614702245
ISBN
9781614702245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.60
€ 48.92

Paperback. Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development uses Hong Kong to explore environmental economic and social development in China, providing concepts of sustainability, contexts for environmental policymaking, and key challenges in sustainable development. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; RNT; RNU. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 17. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447305071
ISBN
9781447305071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 37.55

Hardback. The landscapes of the Middle East have captured our imaginations throughout history. This title examines culturally constructed views of the environmental history of the Middle East and suggest that they have often benefitted elites at the expense of the ecologies and the people of the region. Editor(s): Davis, Diana K.; Burke, Edmund, III. Series: Ecology & History. Num Pages: 280 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; RGL; RNC; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821419748
ISBN
9780821419748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.69

Hardcover. This important reference title provides comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of elite entrepreneurs of new China and contains over 100 substantial profiles of top overseas returnees who have made noteworthy contributions to Chinese society in general and economic development in particular since the reform era began in 1978. Editor(s): Zhang, Wenxian; Wang, Huiyao; Alon, Ilan. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 176 x 22. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857240897
ISBN
9780857240897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.91

Hardcover. 8vo Good/very good copy in original dustwrapper . . Victor Gollancz was a teacher publisher author and public campaigner who spen his life t passionately trying to make people see the truth as he saw it. In many ways he epitomised the social conscience of the mid twientienth century. He founded The Left Book Club, Save Europe Now and the Campaign against Capital Punishment.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1940
Publisher
Victor Gollancz
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0311203
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

Paperback. Series: SEDA Specials. Num Pages: 46 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPC; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 296 x 212 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
SEDA
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902435428
ISBN
9781902435428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.99
€ 4.03

Hardback. Editor(s): Jansen, Zachary. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JP. Dimension: 260 x 180. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634841047
ISBN
9781634841047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 262.62
€ 195.88

Paperback. Inserting China into the history of nineteenth-century colonialism, this title explores the ways that Euro-American imperial powers humiliated the Qing monarchy and disciplined the Qing polity in the wake of multi-power invasions of China in 1860 and 1900. Num Pages: 416 pages, 41 illustrations, 3 tables, 3 maps, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822331889
ISBN
9780822331889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Examines Delhi's postcolonial literary world, its institutions, prizes, publishers, writers, and translators, and the cultural geographies of key neighborhoods in light of colonial histories and the globalization of English. This title undertakes a study of literary culture that probes the connections between place, language, and text. Series: Flashpoints. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336. The Political Life of Literature in India. Series: Flashpoints. 240 pages, Illustrations, map. Examines Delhi's postcolonial literary world, its institutions, prizes, publishers, writers, and translators, and the cultural geographies of key neighborhoods in light of colonial histories and the globalization of English. This title undertakes a study of literary culture that probes the connections between place, language, and text. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH5. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 14. Weight: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269576
ISBN
9780520269576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.32

Paperback. Based on close reading of historical documents - poetry as much as statistics - and focused on the conceptualization of technology, this book is an unconventional evocation of late colonial Netherlands East Indies (today Indonesia). It invents a way to talk about freedom, colonialism, nationalism, literature, revolution, and human nature. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMN; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691091624
ISBN
9780691091624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 46.81

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