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hardcover. Lobbying for Inclusion shows that Latin American and Asian immigrant advocacy groups created in the wake of the 1965 immigration reforms were remarkably effective in influencing the formation of federal immigration law and policy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 1KL; JFFN; JPQB; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751759
ISBN
9780804751759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.77

Paperback. An account of one of the world's most extensive and successful experiments in decentralization. Launched in 1996, the campaign mobilized over three million of Kerala's 30 million people and resulted in bottom-up development planning in all 1052 of its villages and urban neighbourhoods. Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JPHV; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742516076
ISBN
9780742516076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.73

Hardback. An account of one of the world's most extensive and successful experiments in decentralization. Launched in 1996, the campaign mobilized over three million of Kerala's 30 million people and resulted in bottom-up development planning in all 1052 of its villages and urban neighbourhoods. Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JPHV; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742516069
ISBN
9780742516069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.65

In the wake of evidence demonstrating the irreparable damage humans have inflicted on the planet, some have adopted a defeatist attitude toward environmental crises. This book illustrates how local groups in both Japan and the United States are refusing to surrender the earth to a depleted and polluted fate. Editor(s): Karan, Pradyumna P.; Suganuma, Unryu. Num Pages: 336 pages, 60 photographs, 17 illustrations, 29 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; RGL; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124889
ISBN
9780813124889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.76

hardcover. This book provides an important statement on the underlying social dynamics of local politics in Indonesia following the end of the New Order in 1998. It represents the culmination of a substantial and influential body of work by Hadiz on the political economy of Indonesia's post-authoritarian transition. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFSL3; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804768528
ISBN
9780804768528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.37

Paperback. A work about how the design of institutional change results in unintended consequences. Using the case of Indonesia, and comparing it with Thailand and the Philippines, this book seeks to understand the seeming puzzle of how local predatory systems of power remain resilient in the face of international and domestic pressures. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFSL3; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804768535
ISBN
9780804768535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.29

Hardcover. The author argues that by fostering awareness of membership in an elite group, the native place lodges generated a sense of belonging to a nation that furthered the reforms undertaken in the early twentieth century. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 326 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 180 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674019560
ISBN
9780674019560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.00
€ 42.03

Hardcover. The focus of the study is Subang Jaya's field of residential affairs, a digitally mediated social field in which residents, civil servants, politicians, online journalists and other social agents struggle over how the locality is to be governed at the dawn of the Information Era.A" Series: Anthropology of Media. Num Pages: 152 pages, 15 ills. BIC Classification: 1FMM; JFD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857451972
ISBN
9780857451972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.60

Hardback. A comparative study of Hyderabadi emigrants settling in Pakistan, the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States, Canada, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates at the end of the twentieth century. It traces Hyderabadi culture and institutions in these places of settlement, looking at the different versions of Hyderabadi history transmitted. Num Pages: 416 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJPR; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804754422
ISBN
9780804754422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.05

Hardback. Locating Neoliberalism in East Asia: Neoliberalizing Spaces in Developmental States examines the influence of neo-liberal ideologies on urban and regional policies and practices in several Asian Pacific nations. Editor(s): Park, Bae-Gyoon; Hill, Richard Child; Saito, Asato. Num Pages: 332 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; JPFK; RPC; RPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405192804
ISBN
9781405192804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.49

Hardback. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9789380601045
ISBN
9789380601045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.69

Hardback. "Label mounted on t.p.: Distributed by W.S. Heinman, Imported Books, New York, N.Y. Bibliography: p. [357]-364. Commissioning organisation: Foreword by Radhakamal Mukerjee. xxxi, 371 p. maps (part fold.) diagrs. 23cm. Bound in original quarter cloth on board. Very good copy. Firm binding, general wear to boards with bumped corners. Slightly browned pages, library label to f.p.d. and remainder on spine. 3rd ed., rev. and enl."
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Hind Kitabs
Publication date
1946
SKU
KEX0016497
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Hardcover. Focuses on the life of leading monk and educator Hikkaduve Sumangala (1827-1911) to examine Buddhist life under foreign rule. This work reveals that during Sri Lanka's crucial decades of deepening colonial control and modernization, there was a surprising stability in the religious activities of Hikkaduve and the Buddhists among whom he worked. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226055077
ISBN
9780226055077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.28
€ 50.37

Paperback. Why were some countries able to build developmental states after World War II while others were not? This book argues that the critical factor was the reaction of domestic capitalists to the state-building project. It shows that the insufficient state capacity stemmed mainly from Indian industrialists' campaign against a developmental state. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; KCM; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126234
ISBN
9780691126234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816654536
ISBN
9780816654536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.37

Sheet map, folded. Num Pages: 9 City Plans; 3 Area Maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; WTRM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 122 x 7. Weight in Grams: 66.
Publisher
Periplus Editions (HK) ltd.
Publication date
2014
Edition
5th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780794607388
ISBN
9780794607388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.51

Paperback. It was a top-secret US military mission. Now, the SEAL team leader finally tells the stunning true story. Now a major Hollywood film starring Mark Wahlberg and Eric Bana. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8pp B&W illustration section. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; HBWS4; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 32. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751555943
ISBN
9780751555943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.43

Paperback. Series: Travel Guide. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Lonely Planet Global Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
11th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786575203
ISBN
9781786575203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.11

Sheet map, folded. Num Pages: 2 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; WTRS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 97 x 11. Weight in Grams: 38.
Publisher
Lonely Planet Global Limited
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786574121
ISBN
9781786574121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.62

Paperback. Lonely Planet India Phrasebook & Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. With language tools in your back pocket, you can truly get to the heart of wherever you go, so begin your journey now! Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BR; WTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Lonely Planet
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781741794809
ISBN
9781741794809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.30

Paperback. With eight key languages in this phrasebook to the region, let no barriers - language or culture - get in your way. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; WTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 98 x 13. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Lonely Planet
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781741791396
ISBN
9781741791396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.24

Paperback. Series: Travel Guide. Num Pages: 448 pages, 63 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Lonely Planet Global Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
13th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786575463
ISBN
9781786575463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.66

Paperback. Lonely Planet Pocket Beijing is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Sample the city's most famous dish, Peking Duck; wander the ancient alleys known as hutong; and explore the world's largest palace complex at the Forbidden City;all with your trusted travel companion. Series: Travel Guide. Num Pages: 160 pages, 18 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 108 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Lonely Planet Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781743215593
ISBN
9781743215593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Lonely Planet Pocket Shanghai is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Stroll the colonial promenade known as the Bund; immerse yourself in the chic charms of the French Concession; and take in the modern skyline of Pudong; all with your trusted travel companion. Series: Travel Guide. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 108 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Lonely Planet Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781743215654
ISBN
9781743215654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.39

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