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Hardback. The Right Spouse offers a description and an interpretation of preferential marriages with close kin in South India, as they used to be arranged and experienced in the recent past, one or two generations ago, and as they are increasingly discontinued in the present. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804788069
- ISBN
- 9780804788069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31
Hardback. This book brings together a uniquely wide variety of sources, including historical chronicles, gravestones, ritual objects, liturgy, popular songs and more, to sketch a portrait of the ways in which Jews of this storied, populous, understudied community preserved their own local history and sought to transmit it to future generations. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804786027
- ISBN
- 9780804786027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Hardback. Through an analysis of public discourse, national policies, and large-scale infrastructure projects, this book examines how Japanese intellectuals, bureaucrats, and engineers created a "technological imaginary" during the wartime era (1931-1945) to mobilize people for war and empire. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804785396
- ISBN
- 9780804785396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31
Hardback. Told through the life and work of a barber--Ibn Budayr--this book explores emerging written historical forms by non-scholars in the 18th century Ottoman Empire to offer a revisionist history that connects 18th century society and culture to the 19th century Arab Renaissance. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804785327
- ISBN
- 9780804785327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HRAX; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785280
- ISBN
- 9780804785280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Paperback. Henry Kaplan and the Story of Hodgkin's Disease is the first account of a remarkable man who changed the face of cancer therapy and the history of a once fatal, now curable, cancer. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785051
- ISBN
- 9780804785051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785037
- ISBN
- 9780804785037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. This book is an innovative exploration of French colonial rule in Senegal between 1880 and 1940, through the prism of religion and religious policy. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; 3JH; 3JJH; HBJH; HBLL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804783804
- ISBN
- 9780804783804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Hardback. This book surveys all the channels through which political ideas and knowledge were conveyed to the English public, from the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth I to the Revolution of 1688, with the goal of understanding the web of communication in creating political life. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804783620
- ISBN
- 9780804783620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Hardback. is a comparative study of how British, French, and America diplomats serving in Germany in the 1930s assessed the domestic and foreign policies of the Nazis, in reports that were readily available to government leaders in London, Paris, and Washington. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804783552
- ISBN
- 9780804783552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.96
€ 150.96
Hardback. Taking up personal narratives of slaves and slave owners, "Tell This in My Memory" offers a new window into the study of slavery in modern Middle Eastern. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1HBS; 1QDT; HBJF1; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804782333
- ISBN
- 9780804782333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Hardback. The book explores the Christian interest in and engagement with the Yiddish language and literature in early modern Germany (ca. 1500--1750). Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804781930
- ISBN
- 9780804781930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Hardback. Violence in Mexico is not the result of state failure, but of the nature of state-making itself. Editor(s): Pansters, Wil G. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804781589
- ISBN
- 9780804781589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.82
€ 103.82
Hardback. This work of social and cultural history paints a comprehensive picture of indigenous society from the point of view of households throughout a large region of central Mexico, from the middle of the seventeenth century up through the end of the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804781374
- ISBN
- 9780804781374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Hardback. The Lebanese Connection uncovers for the first time the story of how Lebanon became one of the world's leading suppliers of illicit drugs, how its economy and political system were corrupted by drug profits, and how the drug trade contributed to the country's greatest catastrophe, its fifteen-year civil war from 1975 to 1990. Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804781312
- ISBN
- 9780804781312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.37
€ 41.99
€ 41.37
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804781275
- ISBN
- 9780804781275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Hardback. This book offers a reinterpretation of an important popular uprising in Cairo in 1952 by looking at the patterns of commerce and urban development over the previous four decades. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH; KCCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804781268
- ISBN
- 9780804781268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.97
€ 71.97
Hardback. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 936 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 936
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804778848
- ISBN
- 9780804778848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Hardback. This book is a radical reinterpretation of the process that led to the independence of Mexico, one that emphasizes political processes and cultural continuities instead of a break with the Spanish Monarchy. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 992. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804778305
- ISBN
- 9780804778305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Hardback. The Premise of Fidelity: Science, Visuality, and Representing the Real in Nineteenth century Japan uncovers the social and epistemological roles of the term shashin within the scientific community before the term came to mean photography. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 916. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804777902
- ISBN
- 9780804777902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Editor(s): Mason, Michele M.; Lee, Helen. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804776974
- ISBN
- 9780804776974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. Editor(s): Mason, Michele M.; Lee, Helen. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804776967
- ISBN
- 9780804776967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Hardback. This book offers diverse debates on the possible manifestations and meanings of the term "Middle East." Editor(s): Bonine, Michael E.; Amanat, Abbas; Gasper, Michael Ezekiel. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804775267
- ISBN
- 9780804775267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804774093
- ISBN
- 9780804774093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25