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Paperback. The kinds of punishment used in a society have been considered an important criterion in judging whether a society is civilized or barbaric, advanced or backward, modern or premodern. This title asks how such distinctions have affected our understanding of the past and contributed to the proliferation of kinds of barbarity in the modern world. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 halftones. 1 line illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130309
- ISBN
- 9780691130309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.10
€ 52.99
€ 38.10
Paperback. "Dust cover, with minor scuffed on the cover, with minor foxing on the top of edges.Second edition." Keywords: "Subjects, English"
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KHS0072921
- ISBN
- 9780552992930
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 338 pages, 30 halftones 2 maps 7 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ASZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633756
- ISBN
- 9780691633756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.64
€ 183.64
Paperback. Crucial events in late 20th-century Canada-China cultural relations are revealed in this historian-diplomat's engrossing memoir. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBC; 3JJP; 3JM; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888646002
- ISBN
- 9780888646002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.87
€ 40.99
€ 28.87
Hardback. Explains the deft diplomatic footwork instigated since Putin came to power in 1999 and Moscow's stubborn backing of the Syrian and Iranian regimes Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FB; HBJF1; JPSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 28. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042598
- ISBN
- 9781849042598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.52€ 58.25
€ 59.52
€ 58.25
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752499062
- ISBN
- 9780752499062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.62
€ 26.99
€ 23.62
Paperback. Tracing the history of Western and Arab fascination with Egypt through spurious hunts for lost civilizations and the new economic disparities brought about by the oil industry, this title describes the ways in which moments of cultural contact, driven by tourism and labour migration, become eye-opening opportunities for defining self and other. Num Pages: 296 pages, 49 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1F; 1HBE; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292717022
- ISBN
- 9780292717022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
Hardback. The book gives an account of how Qatar has punched above its weight in international affairs by dint of its enormous wealth and ambitions in the Middle East, and how this has conditioned its response to the Arab Spring. The author shows how Qatari leaders seized upon the crisis of the Arab Spring to boost their regional and international influence. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXQ; HBJF1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044332
- ISBN
- 9781849044332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 44.47
€ 49.99
€ 44.47
Hardcover. Editor(s): Sullivan, Donald S. Num Pages: 78 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPS; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634820103
- ISBN
- 9781634820103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.23€ 146.62
€ 195.23
€ 146.62
Hardback. Tiny Qatar projects influence globally via massive overseas investments and its involvement in foreign affairs. This book explains why. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXQ; HBJF1; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 1500.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849043250
- ISBN
- 9781849043250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.15
€ 46.99
€ 42.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 tables, 1 maps, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1FBXQ; GTB; JPS; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- With a New Preface
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801456770
- ISBN
- 9780801456770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.87
€ 23.99
€ 21.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FBXQ; 3JMC; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452093
- ISBN
- 9780801452093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.69
€ 47.69
Paperback. By exploring the delta as a quagmire in both natural and political terms, Biggs shows how engineered transformations of the Mekong Delta landscape-channelized rivers, a complex canal system, hydropower development, deforestation-have interacted with equally complex transformations in the geopolitics of the region. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 illustrations, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBJF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991993
- ISBN
- 9780295991993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Hardcover. By exploring the delta as a quagmire in both natural and political terms, Biggs shows how engineered transformations of the Mekong Delta landscape-channelized rivers, a complex canal system, hydropower development, deforestation-have interacted with equally complex transformations in the geopolitics of the region. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 32 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBJF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 244 x 29. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990675
- ISBN
- 9780295990675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.50
€ 116.50
Paperback. The story of Gertrude Bell; archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer, mountaineer and nation builder. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JPS; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447286264
- ISBN
- 9781447286264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. A Story in the Anthropology of Ethics. 280 pages, 9 illustrations. Documents how activism oscillates between the potential for new social arrangements and the questions that arise once the activists' goals have been accomplished. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSK1; JHMC. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 17. Weight: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353195
- ISBN
- 9780822353195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.08
€ 37.99
€ 34.08
Paperback. In Queer Marxism in Two Chinas Petrus Liu demonstrates how queer Marxist critics in China use queer theory as a non-liberal alternative to Western models of queer emancipation, and in doing so, he revises current understandings of what queer theory is, does, and can be. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 5SG; HBJF; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360049
- ISBN
- 9780822360049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.09
€ 36.99
€ 26.09
paperback. Queering India provides an understanding of same-sex love and eroticism in Indian culture and society. The essays focus on gay and lesbian life in India to provide a comprehensive look at a much neglected area. Editor(s): Vanita, Ruth. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 photosgraphs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415929509
- ISBN
- 9780415929509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.98
€ 64.98
This is a comprehensive ethnographic study about the Moso, a matrilineal group in Southwest China, whose unique traditions are bound to change accepted notions of marriage, kinship, the family, and gender relations. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table, 20 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761994
- ISBN
- 9780804761994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.10
€ 92.10
Paperback. 'A fascinating, brilliantly written book' Times Literary Supplement Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp black and white. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JMC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719564529
- ISBN
- 9780719564529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.52
€ 16.99
€ 12.52