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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
€ 29.44

Hardcover. Throughout the nineteenth century, cholera was a global scourge. Its causes were bitterly disputed. What experts did agree on was that the environment played a crucial role. In this book, Michael Zeheter offers a probing case study of the environmental changes made to fight cholera in two British colonies: Madras in India and Quebec City in Canada. Series: History of the Urban Environment. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; MBNS; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822944461
ISBN
9780822944461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.50

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
€ 29.36

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
€ 17.57

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
€ 22.83

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
€ 30.31

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
€ 31.82

Num Pages: 278 pages, 70 illus & 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; BGHA; HBJF1; HBLW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Georg Olms Verlag AG United Kingdom
Edition
1938 Facsimile ed
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9783487081588
ISBN
9783487081588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.92

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

€ 36.99
€ 34.28

Hardback. 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: 5830 x 3895. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991191
ISBN
9780295991191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.42

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

€ 14.99
€ 11.72

Hardcover. From the world's most repressive state comes rare good news: escape to freedom of a small number of its people. It is a crime to leave North Korea. They go first to China, which rejects them as criminals, then to Southeast Asia, and finally to South Korea, and other countries. They travel along a secret route known as the new underground railroad. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; HBJF; JPHX; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594036330
ISBN
9781594036330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.21

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
€ 22.10

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
€ 17.63

Paperback. A true, rare, and haunting story about life inside the deadly Gaza Strip, a refugee's daring escape, and hope. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; BTP; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
O Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785352218
ISBN
9781785352218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.82

Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742556201
ISBN
9780742556201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.63

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

€ 29.99
€ 22.43

Hardback. 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 27. Weight in Grams: 828.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642307
ISBN
9780691642307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 237.67

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

€ 80.08
€ 62.00

Paperback. Editor(s): Chirot, Daniel; Reid, Anthony. Series: Jackson School Publications in International Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1FM; HBTB; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295976136
ISBN
9780295976136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.29

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