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paperback. Examines how political rule in Arab countries is effectuated, organized, and executed, and how authoritarianism works in practice and how it can be grasped conceptually. Editor(s): Schlumberger, Oliver. Num Pages: 360 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HBJF1; JFC; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804763332
- ISBN
- 9780804763332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Hardback. This book studies the impact of cultural factors on the course of military innovations. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FBH; 1KBB; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804769518
- ISBN
- 9780804769518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.47
€ 128.47
Hardback. In this first-person memoir, Shahla Talebi remembers her years as a political prisoner in Iran. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; BM; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804772013
- ISBN
- 9780804772013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.86
€ 30.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. This book chronicles the local histories written by modern Palestinians about their villages that were destroyed in the 1948 war. Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures. Num Pages: 360 pages, 5 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804773133
- ISBN
- 9780804773133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. Chronicling the rise of the Iraqi public sphere from 1921 to 1958, The Other Iraq reveals Iraqi intellectuals' democratic and pluralistic ideals, deconstructing the notion that Iraq has always been a totalitarian, artificial state, torn by sectarian violence. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 table, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804773669
- ISBN
- 9780804773669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardback. This book explores the history of prose fiction in Iran in the context of contemporary legal reforms and examines marriage as a metaphor that unites them. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 585. Weight in Grams: 383.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804775892
- ISBN
- 9780804775892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.51
€ 71.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; 1FKP; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804776653
- ISBN
- 9780804776653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.47
€ 128.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; 1FKP; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804776660
- ISBN
- 9780804776660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
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
€ 40.99€ 40.23
€ 40.99
€ 40.23
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
€ 139.86
€ 139.86
Hardback. Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and I. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBL; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804792899
- ISBN
- 9780804792899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.27
€ 139.27
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DQ; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804796224
- ISBN
- 9780804796224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.57
€ 108.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DQ; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804796880
- ISBN
- 9780804796880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Hardcover. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804797429
- ISBN
- 9780804797429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.47
€ 128.47
Paperback. Contains essays which analyze the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that shape gender systems in the Middle East and North Africa. This volume includes essays that also analyze Arab disillusionment with the radical nationalisms of the 1950s and 1960s and with leftist ideologies, as well as the rise of political Islamist movements. Editor(s): Joseph, Suad; Slyomovics, Susan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JJPG; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812217490
- ISBN
- 9780812217490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.08
€ 37.99
€ 34.08
paperback. Appearing here for the first time in paperback, the stories in Folktales from Iraq, each accompanied by specially commissioned engravings, allow the reader to travel to a distant, imaginary land swirling with great fortunes, terrifying predicaments, and quick-witted heroes. Illustrator(s): Wright, John Buckland. Series: Pine Street Books. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219135
- ISBN
- 9780812219135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.67
€ 32.99
€ 29.67
Paperback. Reza Afshari reveals Iran's attempt to hide human rights abuses by labeling oppression as an authentic cultural practice. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221398
- ISBN
- 9780812221398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.62
€ 42.99
€ 38.62
Paperback. Based on intensive fieldwork in Israel during the second intifada, this ethnographic study explores how Israeli Jews experience security in their everyday lives. When Israeli security imprints itself on individual lives, the book argues, security propagates the very fears it claims to prevent. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JHM; JKSW1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812222661
- ISBN
- 9780812222661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Hardback. Both the Iraqi and the American people want the United States to withdraw from Iraq. How to Get Out of Iraq with Integrity presents an incisive and bold argument that shows how to do just that without betraying U.S. commitments to Arabs, Kurds, or democracy. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812242010
- ISBN
- 9780812242010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.56
€ 52.56
Paperback. Offers an exploration of the indissoluble link between war and sexuality based on over the years of interviews by the well-known Lebanese expatriate teacher, critic, and writer. This book refers to sexuality as the physical and psychological relations of men and women, and examines Middle Eastern customs involved in defining such relationships. Editor(s): Accad, Evelyne. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DSB; JFC; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814706152
- ISBN
- 9780814706152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Hardcover. Focuses on the issues of Arab immigrants post 9/11 and the way they interact with global processes Num Pages: 242 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBL; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814707333
- ISBN
- 9780814707333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.75
€ 91.75
Paperback. Based on extensive interviews with members of the "intifada generation," those who were between 10 and 18 years old when the intifada began in 1987, this book provides a detailed look at the intifada memories of ordinary Palestinians. Num Pages: 285 pages, 6 pages with halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716380
- ISBN
- 9780814716380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Hardback. Explores the global dynamics and security implications of casualty sensitivity Series: Warfare and Culture Series. Num Pages: 269 pages, 5 tables, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814753347
- ISBN
- 9780814753347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.51
€ 71.51
Paperback. A group of international scholars, applying insights drawn from history, folklore, political anthropology, historiography, cultural criticism and literary theory, re-examines critical issues surrounding the birth of Israel. Series: New Perspectives on Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814779293
- ISBN
- 9780814779293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83