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Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLC; HRCC1; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801481574
ISBN
9780801481574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.45

Hardback. A study of contemporary Okinawan culture, politics and historical memory. It argues that the long Japanese tradition of defining Okinawa as a subordinate part of Japan means that all claims of Okinawan distinctiveness necessarily become part of the larger debate over contemporary identity. Editor(s): Hein, Laura; Selden, Mark. Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJF; HBLW; JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742518650
ISBN
9780742518650
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.79

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

€ 21.99
€ 18.00

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
€ 43.30

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
€ 25.06

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
€ 11.12

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
€ 16.54

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. .
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861892829
ISBN
9781861892829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.10

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

€ 14.92

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

€ 217.44
€ 198.27

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

€ 79.98

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

€ 168.97

Electronic book text. The essays in this volume tell the stories of Chinese Muslim intellectuals trying to create satisfying, safe and coherent lives at the intersection of two potentially conflicting cultures. Editor(s): Lipman, Jonathan (Mount Holyoke College). BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRAX; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474426459
ISBN
9781474426459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.47

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
€ 31.82

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

€ 33.99
€ 32.64

Hardcover. In Kerala, Vakkom Moulavi motivated Muslims to embrace modernity, especially modern education, in order to reap maximum benefit. In this process, he initiated numerous religious reforms. However, he held fairly ambivalent attitudes towards individualism, materialism and secularization, defending Islam against the attacks of Christian missionaries. Series: Postcolonialism and Religions. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRHP; HRHT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137383136
ISBN
9781137383136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

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
€ 31.82

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; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
9780300198171
ISBN
9780300198171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 11.93

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

€ 27.53

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