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Paperback. In "Overlooking Saskatchewan," twenty writers articulate the challenges and the power of the "gap," while revealing how the citizens of Saskatchewan continue to lead the way in the creation of culture and innovation. Editor(s): Rogers, Randal; Ramsay, Dr Christine. Num Pages: 380 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GTB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889772922
ISBN
9780889772922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. A study of colonialism and the colonial state based on South Asia. The author explores how the metropolitan state was hegemonic, and its claim to dominance was based on power in which persuasion outweighed coercion, yet it sired a non-hegemonic colonial state in which coercion was paramount. Series: Convergences: Inventories of the Present. Num Pages: 268 pages, 2 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674214835
ISBN
9780674214835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.19

paperback. Different countries give different opening dates for the period of the Second World War, but perhaps the most compelling is 1937, when the 'Marco Polo Bridge Incident' plunged China and Japan into a conflict of extraordinary duration and ferocity. This book focuses on this incident. Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141031453
ISBN
9780141031453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. This Very Short Introduction addresses the themes, developments, and controversies that have shaped Modern China. Covering a range of social issues, Rana Mitter provides a contemporary view of the world's most populous nation, with a new acknowledgement of China's changing foreign policy, and its unique engagement with the internet. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, 12 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJ; JF; JP; RG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 113 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
New
SKU
9780198753704
ISBN
9780198753704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. China is poised to take a key role on the world stage, but in the early twentieth century the situation could not have been more different. This book goes back to this pivotal moment in Chinese history to uncover the origins of the painful transition from a premodern past into a modern world. Series: Making of the Modern World. Num Pages: 384 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192806055
ISBN
9780192806055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

paperback. 'Masterful .. (A) scathing but heartfelt portrait.' Norman G. Finkelstein Comprehensive account of the last five years by leading Palestinian journalist. Num Pages: 240 pages, 26 photos. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745325477
ISBN
9780745325477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.39

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745328812
ISBN
9780745328812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.84

Paperback. Focusing on the malaise of underdevelopment that has shaped the country since the Spanish conquest, the author offers a panoramic interpretation of Mexican history and culture from the pre-Hispanic and colonial eras through the twentieth century. He helps us understand where the country has come, why it is where it is today, and where it might go. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520262362
ISBN
9780520262362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. New English translation of Llull's classic and significant text, restoring the nuances of the original. Translator(s): Fallows, Noel. Num Pages: 120 pages, 11, 11 colour illustrations, 11 colour. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838494
ISBN
9781843838494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.83

Hardback. The contributors to this major intervention into Indian historiography recover the long history of Dalit struggles against caste violence, exclusion, and discrimination by focusing on the importance of humiliation, dignity, and spatial exclusion to Dalit emancipatory politics. Editor(s): Rawat, Ramnarayan S.; Satyanarayana, K. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361138
ISBN
9780822361138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.81

Paperback. The contributors to this major intervention into Indian historiography recover the long history of Dalit struggles against caste violence, exclusion, and discrimination by focusing on the importance of humiliation, dignity, and spatial exclusion to Dalit emancipatory politics. Editor(s): Rawat, Ramnarayan S.; Satyanarayana, K. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361329
ISBN
9780822361329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Winner of the DEBUT POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2015 A searing, energetic portrait of life in modern Tehran - 'deeply researched yet as exciting as a novel' Simon Sebag Montefiore Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780225128
ISBN
9781780225128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Traces the diverse social currents that developed alongside and interacted with political and economic forces to bring about change in Eastern Europe. This book shows how the processes leading to the collapse of communism began more than a decade earlier and how they were necessarily manifested in spheres as diverse as religion and rock music. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315483
ISBN
9780822315483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. It took three weeks for the second Gulf War to shake the world, despite public protest and international negotiation. Here, Guardian journalists - some of them in the heat of battle, some of them at a more reflective distance around the world - tell the story of this controversial war. Editor(s): Ramesh, Randeep. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrationsmap,ports. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 225.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KNW0009756
ISBN
9780571221103
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

hardcover. Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415824187
ISBN
9780415824187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 383 pages, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 240. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs Denmark
Number of pages
383
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9788790730727
ISBN
9788790730727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.71

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843597
ISBN
9781843843597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

Hardcover. These essays, first published in 1860, were developed from a series of lectures and show Emerson's interest in many practical aspects of human life and reflect his increasing involvement in politics - chiefly the anti-slavery movement - during the decade before the Civil War. Editor(s): Packer, Barbara L.; Wilson, Douglas Emory; Slater, Joseph. Num Pages: 560 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 858.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674011908
ISBN
9780674011908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.18
€ 115.59

Paperback. King John long ago acquired the epithet 'Bad,' and he is reputed to be the worst of England's kings. Before his death in 1216, his desperate exploitation of his subjects for ever more money had turned him into the mythical monster of Hollywood legend. This is his biography. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752448503
ISBN
9780752448503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.50

Paperback. Finally available in paperback, Ralph D. Sawyers incomparable study of ancient Chinese warfare Num Pages: 592 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FPC; HBJF; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 40. Weight in Grams: 727. 592 pages, illustrations. Finally available in paperback, Ralph D. Sawyers incomparable study of ancient Chinese warfare. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1F; 1FPC; HBJF; HBW. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 40. Weight: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
First Trade Paper Edition
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465003044
ISBN
9780465003044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.52

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