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Paperback. Water and land interrelate in surprising and ambiguous ways, and riparian zones, where land and water meet, have effects far outside their boundaries. Using the Malheur Basin as a case study, this book explores the ways people envisioned boundaries between water and land, the ways they have altered these places, and the often unintended results. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 photos. BIC Classification: HBJK; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984995
- ISBN
- 9780295984995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Paperback. Beginning with an examination of Japan's pre-war ultranationalist climate and the harsh code that precluded the possibility of capture, the author investigates the circumstances of surrender and capture of men like Sakamaki and their experiences in POW camps. It is based on his interviews with dozens of former Japanese POWs along with memoirs. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 173 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295985084
- ISBN
- 9780295985084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. Provides a biography of Anna Pankratova, a woman from Odessa who became a leading labour historian and academic administrator in the Soviet Union, from the 1920s to her death. This work portrays her as a victim and a victimizer. It also includes excerpts from two Soviet texts. One of them is her historic speech on the menace of Stalinist legacies. Series: Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985206
- ISBN
- 9780295985206
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. Offers an account of two second-generation Japanese Americans who were demonized as threats to national security during World War II. This book follows their lives before, during, and after the war. It leads through the half century of uncertainty and trauma endured by the family before it was able to confront issues central to its existence. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; BGH; GTB; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295985855
- ISBN
- 9780295985855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Maurice Rosenblatt was one of the behind-the-scenes engineers of the 1954 overthrow of Senator Joseph McCarthy, the anti-Communist chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. This book tells the story of the rise of McCarthy's power and Rosenblatt's role in effecting McCarthy's eventual censure by the Senate. Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 255.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295985947
- ISBN
- 9780295985947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. Presents a translation of a "Miao album" - a Chinese genre originating in the eighteenth century that used prose, poetry, and illustrations to represent minority ethnic groups living in frontier regions under imperial Chinese control. This title provides 82 illustrations from the original album and the corresponding Chinese calligraphic text. Translator(s): Deal, David. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 208 pages, 180 illus., 16 in color. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 7. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295986166
- ISBN
- 9780295986166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. A dispute over over-allocation of the waters in the Klamath Basin has pitted farmers and ranchers against locals whose cultures and livelihoods depend upon fishing. This book reveals the interdependence of economic recovery with ecological restoration, and the urgency for all the communities within the basin to find common ground. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 22. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295986227
- ISBN
- 9780295986227
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Paperback. Archaeology - along with Native American traditions and memories - holds a key to understanding early chapters of the human story in Washington. This book presents a sample of sites representing Washington's geographic regions and touches on historical archaeology, including excavations at fur-trade forts and the Whitman mission. Num Pages: 168 pages, 150 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; GTB; HBJK; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 12. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295986968
- ISBN
- 9780295986968
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.42
€ 32.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. The medieval Rajput queen Padmini - believed to have been pursued by Alauddin Khalji, the Sultan of Delhi - has been the focus of numerous South Asian narratives. This book investigates these legends and traces their subsequent appropriation by colonial administrators and nationalist intellectuals, for varying different political ends. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987606
- ISBN
- 9780295987606
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Condition: New
€ 37.21
€ 37.21
Paperback. Offers a perspective on the colonial stereotype of the exotic Pacific island woman, tracing the evolution of female primitivism from Western antiquity to twentieth-century Hollywood. This book includes 37 illustrations of Pacific women from early etchings by shipboard artists. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 37 illus. BIC Classification: 1MK; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987651
- ISBN
- 9780295987651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Paperback. When Naser al-Din Shah, who ruled Iran from 1848 to 1896, claimed the title Shadow of God on Earth, his authority rested on pre-modern conceptions of sacred kingship. Between roughly 1870 and 1940, Iran's traditional monarchy was forged into a modern nation-state. This book explores the changes that made possible this transformation of Iran. Series: Studies in Modernity and National Identity. Num Pages: 200 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988207
- ISBN
- 9780295988207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. During Japan's colonial rule over Korea from 1910 until the end of World War II, Japan adopted assimilation as its administrative policy but was unable to integrate the Korean people as Japanese. This book traces the history of this policy to determine why Japan failed to attain its stated goals. Series: Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FPK; GTB; HBJF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989013
- ISBN
- 9780295989013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. Examines the history of the Ottoman Empire by focusing on the migrant groups that lived within its bounds and their changing relationship to the state's central authorities. Series: Studies in Modernity and National Identity. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989488
- ISBN
- 9780295989488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
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€ 41.92
€ 46.99
€ 41.92
Hardcover. By exploring the delta as a quagmire in both natural and political terms, Biggs shows how engineered transformations of the Mekong Delta landscape-channelized rivers, a complex canal system, hydropower development, deforestation-have interacted with equally complex transformations in the geopolitics of the region. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 32 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBJF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 244 x 29. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990675
- ISBN
- 9780295990675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.03
€ 122.03
Paperback. At once a gazetteer, an ethnography, and a natural history of south China--mainly Guangxi and Hainan--and its indigenous people during the twelfth century Translator(s): Hargett, James M. Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: 368 pages, 13 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; GTB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295990798
- ISBN
- 9780295990798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.60
€ 42.99
€ 38.60
Hardback. Reveals the extraordinary lives and times of remarkable explorers and scientists Editor(s): Glover, Denise M.; Harrell, Stevan; McKhann, Charles Fremont; Swain, Margaret Byrne. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 71 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTP; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991177
- ISBN
- 9780295991177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.23
€ 118.23
Hardcover. Increases our understanding of the history and development of the arts of the book Num Pages: 384 pages, 152 illus., 90 in color. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 5487 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1792.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295991917
- ISBN
- 9780295991917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63
Paperback. The story of life as a slave in Kentucky Series: V Ethel Willis White Books. Num Pages: 152 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992006
- ISBN
- 9780295992006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
hardcover. Num Pages: 1 maps, 1 recorded music items, 1 map, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPC; DS; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295995014
- ISBN
- 9780295995014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.74
€ 118.74