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Hardcover. Taking the lives of three key Sangha activists as the modern framework of a Sinhala Buddhist worldview, this book examines the limitations of Western theories of peacebuilding and such solutions as federalism and multinationalism. Series: Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies Monographs. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 1569.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781790786
ISBN
9781781790786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.13

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199462797
ISBN
9780199462797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.68

Hardcover. The newly awakened interest in the lives of craftspeople in Turkey is highlighted in this collection, which uses archival documents to follow Ottoman artisans from the late 15th century to the beginning of the 20th. The authors examine historical changes in the lives of artisans, focusing on craft organizations (or guilds).. Editor(s): Faroqhi, Suraiya. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782385585
ISBN
9781782385585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.20

Paperback. The manufacture and trade in crafted goods and the men and women who were involved in this industry - including metalworkers, ceramicists, silk weavers, fez-makers, blacksmiths and even barbers - lay at the social as well as the economic heart of the Ottoman empire. This title sheds light on various aspects of artisan life under the Ottomans. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 integrated b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3J; HBJF1; HBTB; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848859609
ISBN
9781848859609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.93

Paperback. Drawing on rich documentation left by Ottoman administrators and on the accounts of contemporary pilgrims, Suraiya Faroqhi here sheds new light on the trials and experiences of everyday life for those undertaking the hajj. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780767710
ISBN
9781780767710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.52

Paperback. Explores the unknown world of ordinary people in the Ottoman Empire, filled with vivid detail of everyday life in a now-vanished world. A new look at Turkish cultural and social history from the world's leading authority. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850437604
ISBN
9781850437604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.29

Hardcover. From the 1910s to the 1940s, a wave of anarchist, Marxist, nationalist, and feminist leftist groups swept the Korean cultural scene with differing agendas but shared demands for equality and social justice. Sunyoung Park reconstructs the complex mosaic of colonial leftist culture, focusing on literature as its most fertile and enduring expression. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSB; HBJF; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417175
ISBN
9780674417175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.45

hardcover. This timely and pathbreaking work shows how and why the dramatic collapse of the soviet Union was caused in large part by nationalism, that is, by the increasingly urgent demands of the subject nationalities of the Soviet Union for independence and autonomy. Editor(s): Suny, Ronald Grigor. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804721349
ISBN
9780804721349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.57

Paperback. In Hating Empire Properly, Sunil Agnani produces a novel attempt to think the eighteenth-century imagination of the West and East Indies together, arguing that this is how contemporary thinkers Edmund Burke and Denis Diderot actually viewed them. This con Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KJ; HBJF; HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823267392
ISBN
9780823267392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141981437
ISBN
9780141981437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Editor(s): Sutherland, Elaine E.; Davidson, Professor Fraser P.; Little, Gavin F. M.; Goodall, Kay Eileen. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748696765
ISBN
9780748696765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.12

Paperback. Through the use of storytelling, linguistic analysis and journal entries from turn-of-the-century missionaries and traveling Russians in addition to many varieties of unconventional primary sources, this book explores unfamiliar terrain while examining the culture, identity and regional distinctiveness of the northern region and its people. Editor(s): Kim, Sun Joo. Series: Center for Korea Studies Publications. Num Pages: 415 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
415
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990415
ISBN
9780295990415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

Hardback. This is a study of the northern region of Korea through a person's life and work, highlighting how a writer from a marginalized region in early modern Korea became an advocate of regional subjectivity through various social, cultural, and intellectual activities, in particular through his conscientious historical writings. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804783811
ISBN
9780804783811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.56

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989310
ISBN
9780295989310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 52 colour illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBW; JKSN1; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S. United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935412502
ISBN
9781935412502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.43

Hardback. Offering a new contribution to debates about the British home front in WWII, this book addresses the way the Home Guard has been remembered in popular culture through examination of key films, as well as TV's Dad's Army. The authors also explore the personal memories of individuals who served in the Home Guard. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Gatrell, Peter; Jones, Max; Carden-Coyne, Ana. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719062018
ISBN
9780719062018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.81

Paperback. Find out how fashionable eighteenth-century York became the capital of chocolate. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 6. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445633466
ISBN
9781445633466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.86

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; HBJF; JPS; JPV; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143745
ISBN
9780231143745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.63

Paperback. In 2002, nuclear-armed adversaries India and Pakistan mobilised for war over the long-disputed territory of Kashmir, sparking panic around the world. Drawing on extensive firsthand experience in the contested region. Sumantra Bose reveals how the conflict became a grave threat to South Asia and the world and suggests feasible steps toward peace. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; HBLW3; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674018174
ISBN
9780674018174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.87

Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages, b&w sketches throughout. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AN; AVC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Tulika Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9789382381921
ISBN
9789382381921
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

hardcover. History of the Three Saudi States (1157H/1744 - 1343H/1925) Num Pages: 456 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Medina Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956708168
ISBN
9780956708168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 43.97

Paperback. Series: America in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633785
ISBN
9780815633785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.48

Hardcover. Series: America in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633808
ISBN
9780815633808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199930340
ISBN
9780199930340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.31

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