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Paperback. Explores the lived experience of empire in the Pacific, the last region to be contacted and colonized by Europeans following the great voyages of Captain Cook. This title reveals that there was gain as well as loss, survival as well as suffering, and invention as well as exploitation. Num Pages: 356 pages, 50 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; 3JH; HBJM; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300180565
ISBN
9780300180565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.96

Hardcover. How did the British come to conquer South Asia in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries? This title explores how the British organized the process of "islanding," aiming to create a separable unit of colonial governance and trade in keeping with conceptions of ethnology, culture, and geography. Num Pages: 344 pages, 33 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HBJF; HBLL; HBTM; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226038223
ISBN
9780226038223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 42.86

Paperback. Depicts Hawai'i's press against the continent, endowing America's story with fresh meaning. This book reveals Hawaiians fighting in the Civil War, sailing on nineteenth-century New England ships, and living in pre-gold rush California. It revises the way we think about islands, oceans, and continents. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 328 pages, 57 b/w photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MKPH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520261679
ISBN
9780520261679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. A memoir of a woman's life on a remote Scottish island - from 19-year-old girl to wife of one to mother of five, hotelier, domestic miracle worker, to empty nester to writer. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHL; 3JJP; 3JM; BGA; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444759600
ISBN
9781444759600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Many aspects of Britain's involvement in World War Two only slowly emerged from beneath the barrage of official secrets and popular misconception. One of the most controversial issues, the internment of 'enemy aliens' (and also British subjects) on the Isle of Man. Num Pages: 192 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKZ; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD1; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF; JWXR; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Robert Hale Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780709077541
ISBN
9780709077541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.50

Hardcover. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1378. As new
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Department of the Environment
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KTK0095751
ISBN
9781907053672
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

paperback. Al Qaida, Taliban, Pakistani Deobandis - all of these groups are based in Pakistan, which continues to serve as regional hub for Islamist movements and their terrorist offshoots. This book investigates and explains gestation of interlinked radical Islamist networks of Pakistan, Central Asia, and Afghanistan, out of which Al Qaida emerged. Series: The CERI Series in Comparative Politics & International Studies. Num Pages: 92 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; HBJF; HBLW3; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 127 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231133654
ISBN
9780231133654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.88

Paperback. Provides a sobering account of the ordeal of Christian Arabs of the Middle East in the current era of Islamist radicalism. Although those Christians are leaving their homelands in record numbers, the author laments, the powers of the West have shown little interest in their fate. Num Pages: 66 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 13. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817910952
ISBN
9780817910952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.24

Hardback. This volume aims to address this lacuna by providing a comparative perspective through studies of Islamisation that address both its historical trajectory and the methodological problems in its study from across the Islamic world, from Africa to China, from the 7th century until c. 1800. Editor(s): Peacock, A. C. S. Num Pages: 544 pages, 30 black and white, 10 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HBJF1; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474417129
ISBN
9781474417129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.96
€ 195.92

Paperback. Islam is now an American phenomenon. This ethnography of immigrant Muslims considers five communities in detail, and provides a highly personalized look at what it means to be a practising Muslim in the USA today. Num Pages: 210 pages, line figures, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRH; JFSR2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195041132
ISBN
9780195041132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.42

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402279
ISBN
9781474402279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.20

Paperback. Originally published in hardcover in 1990. Num Pages: 386 pages, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBTB; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226319629
ISBN
9780226319629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Hardcover. Num Pages: 207 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBXB; HBJF1; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 304 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1084.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Jysk Arkaeologisk Selskab Denmark
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9788788415100
ISBN
9788788415100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.48

Paperback. This premise allows him to unlock for readers the historical process that started with Islamic modernism and ended with fundamentalism. Num Pages: 424 pages, 8 tables, 1line drawing. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HBJF; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226533339
ISBN
9780226533339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. Rejecting the conventional Western interpretation of Middle Eastern history as an offshoot of global power politics, the author contends that the region's experience is the culmination of long-existing indigenous trends, passions and patterns of behaviour, and that foremost among these is Islam's millenarian imperial tradition. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2, Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300198171
ISBN
9780300198171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.14

Hardcover. Published in association with the Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817911645
ISBN
9780817911645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.12

Hardcover. Islam as a cultural, intellectual, and religious venture appears in the popular imagination as a monolithic entity. Num Pages: 204 pages, 39 illus. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906094556
ISBN
9780906094556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.24
€ 74.56

Paperback. An anthology of primary documents for the study of Central Asian history. It illustrates important aspects of the social, cultural, political, and economic history of Islamic Central Asia. It covers the period from the 7th-century Arab conquests to the 19th-century Russian colonial era. Editor(s): Levi, Scott C.; Sela, Ron. Num Pages: 338 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221407
ISBN
9780253221407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.48

Hardcover. A study of Islam, sectarianism and politics in Sudan since the Mahdiyya. It reveals that the determination to enforce an Islamic state and constitution on a multi-religious and multi-ethnic society led to prolonged civil war, endless military coups and political, social and economic bankruptcy. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HRH; JFSR2; JPF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225. Weight in Grams: 471.
Publisher
Hurst & Co.
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850655886
ISBN
9781850655886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 53.08

Hardcover. An original, rigorously researched volume that questions long-accepted paradigms concerning land ownership and its use in Africa. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFDG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; JPVH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465694
ISBN
9781580465694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.73

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