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Paperback. Sugar was the single most valuable bulk commodity traded internationally before oil became the world's prime resource. From the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, cane sugar production was pre-eminent in the Atlantic Islands, the Caribbean, and Brazil. Subsequently, cane sugar industries in the Americas were transformed.. Editor(s): Bosma, Ulbe; Giusti-Cordero, Juan A,; Knight, G. Roger. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457846
- ISBN
- 9781845457846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.34
€ 37.99
€ 35.34
Paperback. Traces the growth of a middle class in Kathmandu as urban Nepalis harness the modern cultural resources of mass media and consumer goods to build modern identities and pioneer a new socio-cultural space in one of the world's 'least developed countries'. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 maps. 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKN; GTF; JFC; JFSC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095936
- ISBN
- 9780691095936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.32
€ 53.24
€ 42.32
Hardback. The mosque architecture of the Independent Sultanate period (from the 14th to the 16th centuries) represents the most important element of the Islamic architecture of Bengal. The early Muslim architecture of Bangladesh is an important architectural heritage of the Islamic world and the Indian sub-continent. This work deals with this area. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKB; AMN; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 194 x 22. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845113810
- ISBN
- 9781845113810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.79€ 136.86
€ 153.79
€ 136.86
map. Num Pages: 7 Area Maps; 6 City Plans. BIC Classification: 1FMN; WTRM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 77 x 3. Weight in Grams: 70.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Periplus Editions
- Edition
- Fifth
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780794607005
- ISBN
- 9780794607005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.57
€ 10.99
€ 9.57
Paperback. Translator(s): Jackson, Beverley. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780877277361
- ISBN
- 9780877277361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Hardcover. Sumi-e painting appeals to amateurs, professionals and hobbyists alike Num Pages: 208 pages, 450 Colour Photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; AFC; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 315 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1394.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Hardcover with DVD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784805310960
- ISBN
- 9784805310960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 30.34
€ 46.99
€ 30.34
Paperback. When poet the author was asked by Scottish mountaineer Mal Duff to join his ascent of the Mustagh Tower in the Karakoram Himalayas, he had a poor head for heights and no climbing experience whatsoever. This title tells about climbing. Num Pages: 288 pages, col. Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 215 x 22. Weight in Grams: 302. An Armchair Climber's Initiation to Glencoe, Mortal Terror and the Himalayan Matterhorn. 286 pages, col. Illustrations, ports. When poet the author was asked by Scottish mountaineer Mal Duff to join his ascent of the Mustagh Tower in the Karakoram Himalayas, he had a poor head for heights and no climbing experience whatsoever. This title tells about climbing. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FKAH; WSZG. Dimension: 132 x 215 x 22. Weight: 356.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 286
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841957135
- ISBN
- 9781841957135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.11
€ 23.99
€ 16.11
Paperback. Arguing that the life and work of Sun Yat-sen have been distorted by both myth and demythification, the author provides a fresh overall evaluation of the man and the events that turned an adventurer into the founder of the Chinese Republic and the leader of a great nationalist movement. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 492 pages, 12 half-tones 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740111
- ISBN
- 9780804740111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.49
€ 40.99
€ 36.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, b/w maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Progressive Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781615775811
- ISBN
- 9781615775811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.94
€ 26.99
€ 18.94
Hardback. Describes T K Taylor's experiences in schools from Kuala Lumpur to Johore Bahru. This memoir brings a different insight into the workings of the Colonial Service in a period of enormous change as its officers helped to rebuild the country in the aftermath of World War II and Japanese occupation, Communist struggles and the dawn of independence. Num Pages: 164 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 183 x 22. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 164
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845111113
- ISBN
- 9781845111113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 54.65
€ 59.15
€ 54.65
Paperback. Translator(s): Fulton, Bruce; Fulton, Ju-Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DQ; DSB; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231181013
- ISBN
- 9780231181013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
Hardback. Translator(s): Fulton, Bruce; Fulton, Ju-Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DQ; DSB; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231181006
- ISBN
- 9780231181006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.11€ 79.73
€ 104.11
€ 79.73
Hardback. Explores the modern recategorization of religious practices and people and examines how state power affected the religious lives and physical order of local communities. This book looks at how politicians conceived of their own ritual role in an era when authority was meant to derive from popular sovereignty. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 11 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HRA; JFSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035997
- ISBN
- 9780674035997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.20
€ 54.99
€ 46.20
Hardcover. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 88 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 1FBXU; HDD; WCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 300 x 211 x 11. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 88
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772892726
- ISBN
- 9788772892726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.22€ 42.27
€ 53.22
€ 42.27
Paperback. Surabaya is Indonesia's second largest city but is not well known to the outside world. This text offers an alternative to the Jakarta-centric focus of most writing on the country. Exploration of this eventful economic history gives insight into Indonesia's modern economic development. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 568 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 31. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780896802216
- ISBN
- 9780896802216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.53
€ 41.99
€ 37.53
Hardback. This remarkable uses an array of sources to tell the fascinating and largely forgotten story of the fall of Singapore. Num Pages: 212 pages, 8 page plate section. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781473824027
- ISBN
- 9781473824027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 7.28
€ 24.99
€ 7.28
Paperback. Series: Survival. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CJB; WTH; WTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 102 x 13. Weight in Grams: 161.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804845380
- ISBN
- 9780804845380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.80
€ 8.99
€ 7.80
Paperback. Best known for his academy award-winning role as Dith Pran in "The Killing Fields", for Haing Ngor his greatest performance was not in Hollywood but in war-torn Cambodia. Here, in his memoir of life under the Khmer Rouge, is a searing account of a country's descent into hell. Num Pages: 528 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1FMC; BGA; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Constable and Robinson United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841197937
- ISBN
- 9781841197937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.27
€ 17.99
€ 14.27
Paperback. Series: Survival. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; CJB; WTH; WTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Tuttle Shokai Inc Japan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784805313626
- ISBN
- 9784805313626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.16
€ 9.16
Hardback. President Barack Obama's mother, S Ann Dunham, was an anthropologist who specialized in social and economic development in Indonesia. This book reflects Dunham's commitment to helping small-scale village industries survive; and her pragmatic, non-ideological approach to research and problem-solving. Editor(s): Dewey, Alice G.; Cooper, Nancy I. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 440 pages, 13 tables, 2 maps, 4 figures (tent.). BIC Classification: 1F; JHM; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 167 x 39. Weight in Grams: 902.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822346876
- ISBN
- 9780822346876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.39
€ 42.39
Hardcover. This study examines the writings of Nizari Quhistani, one of the Ismaili authors who survived the Mongol invasion in the 13th century. The evidence of his writings demonstrate that while the Ismaili community was impaired, its organizational structure and internal coherence continued to operate. Series: Ismaili Heritage Series. Num Pages: 150 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBG; HBLC; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 150
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860644320
- ISBN
- 9781860644320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.21
€ 46.99
€ 39.21
Paperback. * Magisterial history of the Japanese prisoner-of-war experience, a gut-wrenching narrative that resonates to this day. Num Pages: 512 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJD; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 33. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349119373
- ISBN
- 9780349119373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.94
€ 19.99
€ 14.94
Paperback. This anthology of treasures from the oral literature of native California includes a selection of stories, anecdotes, myths, reminiscences, and songs drawn from a wide sampling of California's many native cultures. Introductions provide cultural and biographical context. Editor(s): Luthin, Herbert W. Num Pages: 651 pages, 12 black & white photographs, 5 maps, 4 musical examples, 1 line figure, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2ABM; DQ; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Annotated.
- Number of pages
- 651
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520222700
- ISBN
- 9780520222700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Hardcover. Tells the story of five Vietnamese Amerasians born during the Vietnam War to American soldiers and Vietnamese mothers. Unfortunately, they were not among the few thousand Amerasian children who came to the US before the war's end. Instead, this group of Amerasians faced formidable obstacles, both in Vietnam and in their new home. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20photos. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781574888645
- ISBN
- 9781574888645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.40
€ 28.40