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Hardback. China is both a military and an economic superpower; Iran is suspected of developing nuclear weapons and arming terrorists, and sits on the world's second-largest oil and gas reserves. This title examines how similar histories of these two civilisations can inform what the likely consequences for the world of an alliance between them might be. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FPC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752448541
- ISBN
- 9780752448541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JMG; HBJF; JFSJ1; RNFF; RNQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361992
- ISBN
- 9780822361992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.39
€ 27.99
€ 26.39
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641321
- ISBN
- 9780748641321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.98€ 102.99
€ 106.98
€ 102.99
Hardcover. Concentrating on the security of the Gulf in the 21st century, this work focuses on Iran's foreign policy towards its Gulf neighbours, Iraq's military threat, US Middle East policy, and Europe's inability to pursue a united policy to safeguard its economic interests in the area. Editor(s): Koch, Christian. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Publisher
- I B Tauris & Co Ltd
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860643163
- ISBN
- 9781860643163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.09€ 85.05
€ 95.09
€ 85.05
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
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Unabridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781443846066
- ISBN
- 9781443846066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 38.60
€ 59.42
€ 38.60
Hardback. Offers an introduction to the Lebanon's fractious politics and a portrait of a people that continue to rise again and again from the ashes. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; HBJF1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845117351
- ISBN
- 9781845117351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.11
€ 70.11
Paperback. Identifies the key players among Bangladesh's tiny military, political and business elite. This book explores the attempts to establish their authority in a crowded field, and considers the relative merits of their attempts at nation-building. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850659983
- ISBN
- 9781850659983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.12
€ 30.99
€ 28.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Halim, Hala. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165. .
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774168529
- ISBN
- 9789774168529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.77
€ 108.77
Paperback. This work examines the inter- and intra-sectarian relations in Lebanon against the backdrop of the conflicting pressures from Damascus and Paris, the stands of the Christians and Muslims towards the Lebanese state, and the rise of the political and economic elites in Beirut. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBLW; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 310
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860645532
- ISBN
- 9781860645532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.93
€ 34.99
€ 29.93
Hardback. Social assessment for projects in China is an important emerging field. This collection of essays - from authors whose formative work has influenced the policies that shape practice in development-affected communities - locates recent Chinese experience of the development of social assessment practices.. Editor(s): Price, Susanna; Robinson, Kathryn. Series: Asia Pacific Studies: Past and Present. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JKS; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384571
- ISBN
- 9781782384571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.77
€ 155.77
Hardback. Editor(s): Gharipour, Mohammad. Num Pages: 320 pages, col. ill. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774165290
- ISBN
- 9789774165290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.66
€ 43.66
Hardback. This work offers a mapping of the cultural landscape of China in the late 20th century. By focusing on Chinese cultural formations and critical discourses of the last decade of the century, the book dissects the intellectual, economic, and political contradictions of a turbulent era. Num Pages: 344 pages, 32 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JJ; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. .
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804738965
- ISBN
- 9780804738965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.23
€ 190.23
Paperback. Called by Plutarch 'the oldest and greatest of Alexander's successors,' Antigonos the One-Eyed (382-301 BC) was the dominant figure during the first half of the Diadoch period, ruling most of the Asian territory conquered by the Macedonians during his final twenty years. This book provides a detailed study of this great general and administrator. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 544 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDAG; HBJD; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 876.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520208803
- ISBN
- 9780520208803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.65
€ 44.99
€ 31.65
Hardcover. Examines how revolutionary ideologies function, and applies these insights to the Quran and its interpreters in the vanguard of the Iranian revolution. This book delineates the different ways in which the Quran was used to mobilise action in 1979, and in so doing provides a context for understanding Islamist movements. Series: International Library of Iranian Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Tauris Academic Studies
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845110635
- ISBN
- 9781845110635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.52€ 137.06
€ 154.52
€ 137.06
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748668601
- ISBN
- 9780748668601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.98€ 102.99
€ 106.98
€ 102.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 41 b&w, 5 colour. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JM; JFSP1; JHB; JHMC; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837636086
- ISBN
- 9783837636086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.14
€ 53.48
€ 42.14
Hardcover. Sheds light on the political liberalisation in the Persian gulf, revealing varying levels of commitment to reform across eight Gulf states as they respond to the challenges of increased wealth and education levels, a developing middle class, external actors, and competing social and political groups. Editor(s): Teitelbaum, Joshua. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850659280
- ISBN
- 9781850659280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.38€ 63.58
€ 65.38
€ 63.58
Hardcover. Focuses on the relationship between the law and the concept of the person in modern Arab societies. It directly addresses the questions of continuities, transformations and ruptures of such notions, combining legal, historical and socio-legal perspectives. Editor(s): Dupret, Baudouin. Series: Islamic Mediterranean. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HBTB; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 36. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860649974
- ISBN
- 9781860649974
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.52€ 137.06
€ 154.52
€ 137.06
Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 580 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 580
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691652870
- ISBN
- 9780691652870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 295.96
€ 295.96
Hardback. Offers an exploration of the oral histories of three generations of refugees from India's Partition. This book focuses on the emergent conceptual nexus of home, travel, and identity in the stories of participants from ten Hindu and Sikh families in Delhi. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823256433
- ISBN
- 9780823256433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.33
€ 118.33
Hardcover. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations (some col.), 1 col. map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850658603
- ISBN
- 9781850658603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.60
€ 46.99
€ 41.60
Hardback. How did Iran remain distinctively Iranian in the centuries which followed the Arab Conquest? How did it retain its cultural distinctiveness after the displacement of Zoroastrianism - state religion of the Persian empire - by Islam? This title traces that critical moment in Iranian history. Editor(s): Herzig, Edmund; Stewart, Sarah. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 integrated bw. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLC1; HRHP; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 209 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780760612
- ISBN
- 9781780760612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.26€ 70.11
€ 77.26
€ 70.11
Hardback. Engaging with the major aspects of Sasanian culture, this work addresses subjects including: early Sasanian art and iconography; early Sasanian coinage; religion and identity in the Sasanian empire; later Sasanian orality and literacy; and state and society in late antique Iran. Editor(s): Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh; Stewart, Sarah. Series: Idea of Iran. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845116903
- ISBN
- 9781845116903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.51
€ 83.51