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Hardback. How does an ethnographer write about violence? How can he remain a scholarly observer when the country of his birth is engulfed by terror? How does an anthropologist write an ethnography without transforming it into a pornography of violence? This book discusses such questions. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 maps 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FKS; JFC; JFFE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691027739
- ISBN
- 9780691027739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.32
€ 53.24
€ 42.32
Hardback. Focusing on a century of Canadian initiatives in Shanghai, this book offers unprecedented insight into early Sino-Canadian relations. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBC; HBJF; HBJK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774820370
- ISBN
- 9780774820370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.02
€ 113.02
Paperback. For twenty-five years Eduard Fischer returned to the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh, enthralled by the unique culture of this ancient Buddhist kingdom, and seeking to catch just a glimpse of the elusive snow leopard. This is the tale of that quest, but also an exploration of myth, art, science, and the sacred space of high mountains. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8pp of colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; HPDF; HRLK; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848191723
- ISBN
- 9781848191723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.74
€ 24.74
Paperback. Documents the use of antipersonnel chemical weapons throughout the Vietnam War. This account follows the US program as it progressed from a focus on the humanitarian aspects of non-lethal weapons to their use as a means of augmenting and enhancing the lethality of traditional munitions. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBWS2; JWMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415876452
- ISBN
- 9780415876452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.72
€ 58.72
Paperback. Explore astonishing developments of a China village which is center of China's export industry, where more than 50,000 workers labor in modern factories, ruled by the village government. This title illuminates, in microcosm, the history of rural China. Num Pages: 416 pages, 48 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Third
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259317
- ISBN
- 9780520259317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
The 308ths wide-ranging activities through nearly three years of bitter air warfare are described here by reknowned author C.V. Glines. Num Pages: 320 pages, over 130 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJD; HBJF; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887408090
- ISBN
- 9780887408090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.30
€ 37.99
€ 25.30
Hardcover. Looks at the origins of the iconic cheongsam dress, and its social and cultural importance in Singapore. This book examines the origins and development of the cheongsam in the social context of Singapore since its introduction from Shanghai, China, in the 1920s onwards. Num Pages: 160 pages, photographs & illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1FMS; AKTH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 180 x 27. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Editions Didier Millet Pty Ltd Singapore
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814260923
- ISBN
- 9789814260923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.58
€ 19.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. Looks at the initial confrontation of the Manchu or Qing dynasty of China and the maritime empire of Great Britain from a historical perspective informed by the insights of contemporary postcolonial criticism and cultural studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Duham, NC
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822316374
- ISBN
- 9780822316374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations; maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552124195
- ISBN
- 9780552124195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3, 1 black & white line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 1KLSB; 3JJ; JFCV; KNAC; KNDF; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420301
- ISBN
- 9781421420301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.31
€ 30.99
€ 26.31
Hardback. Editor(s): Faure, David; Ts'Ui-P'Ing, Ho. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, black and white maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774823685
- ISBN
- 9780774823685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.94
€ 106.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Canbury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780995497801
- ISBN
- 9780995497801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.20
€ 10.99
€ 9.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; GTB; JFC; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Birgit van de Wijer Belgium
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789078464013
- ISBN
- 9789078464013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. An extraordinary first-person account of a childhood spent in the jungle Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JJPN; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088874
- ISBN
- 9781844088874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.89
€ 13.00
€ 11.89
Hardcover. Editor(s): Chan, Edward Ko Ling. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 264 x 26. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619428799
- ISBN
- 9781619428799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.32€ 164.15
€ 241.32
€ 164.15
Hardcover. Explores the complex interactions between French medicine and Vietnamese childbirth traditions, documenting the emergence of a plural system of maternity services that incorporated both biomedical knowledge and local birthing traditions. Num Pages: 254 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 22 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465687
- ISBN
- 9781580465687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. Examines the making of a new child's world in Japan between 1890 and 1930 and focuses on the institutions, groups, and individuals that reshaped both the idea of childhood and the daily life of children. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFSP1; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674053342
- ISBN
- 9780674053342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.19
€ 49.99
€ 42.19
Paperback. Chinese childhood is undergoing a major transformation. This book explores how government policies introduced in China over the last few decades and processes of social and economic change are reshaping the lives of children and the meanings of childhood in complex, contradictory ways. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745680552
- ISBN
- 9780745680552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.39
€ 23.39
Hardcover. Chinese childhood is undergoing a major transformation. This book explores how government policies introduced in China over the last few decades and processes of social and economic change are reshaping the lives of children and the meanings of childhood in complex, contradictory ways. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745680545
- ISBN
- 9780745680545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.45
€ 66.45
Paperback. A collection of eyewitness accounts by Cambodian survivors of Pol Pot's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s. Each witness was a child at the time of Cambodia's holocaust, and each tells of families torn apart, struggles to survive, and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit. Editor(s): DePaul, Kim. Series: Southeast Asia Studies Monograph Series. Num Pages: 218 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMC; BG; HBJD; HBJF; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300078732
- ISBN
- 9780300078732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.72
€ 30.99
€ 22.72
Paperback. In the Philippines, an increase in labor migration has created transnational migrant families, where children grow up apart from one or both parents, forced to work outside the country. This book offers a look at the lives of the children in these families; the impact of distance on intergenerational relationships; and gender norms in the families. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749459
- ISBN
- 9780804749459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.26
€ 25.99
€ 24.26
Hardcover. This amazing coffee table book contains many inspirational stories that are not widely known, and that show so movingly that peace is possible. The personalities of the children shine through in their photos as well as in the accompanying quotes, which range from poignant to utterly hilarious. Num Pages: 190 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1FBH; AJC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 209 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1024.
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House Israel
- Number of pages
- 190
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652296238
- ISBN
- 9789652296238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 27.61
€ 41.99
€ 27.61
Paperback. 108pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Institute of Race Relations
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- SKU
- KON0817375
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Meze Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780992898144
- ISBN
- 9780992898144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 17.39
€ 26.99
€ 17.39