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Paperback. When the Republic of Guinea gained independence in 1958, one of the first policies of the new state was a village-to-village eradication of masks and other ritual objects it deemed 'fetishes'. This book intends to understand why this program was so important to the state and examines the complex role it had in creating a unified national identity. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 halftones, 6 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JJ; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 488. Making Guinea Modern. 320 pages, 12 halftones, 6 maps, 8 tables. When the Republic of Guinea gained independence in 1958, one of the first policies of the new state was a village-to-village eradication of masks and other ritual objects it deemed 'fetishes'. This book intends to understand why this program was so important to the state and examines the complex role it had in creating a unified national identity. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JJ; HBJH; JHMC. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226925103
- ISBN
- 9780226925103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Investigating the social, political, cultural and literary climate of Los Angeles, this interdisciplinary collection of essays, dialogues and photographs excavates the third-world geographies, cultures and populations of Los Angeles. Editor(s): Sawhney, Deepak Narang. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPR; JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312292898
- ISBN
- 9780312292898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.51
€ 47.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; KCB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410. An excellent, clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KRS0019537
- ISBN
- 9780801488108
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Unlocked Memories is a collection of memories that were shared by Russians who witnessed the German invasion of the Leningrad region in 1941. All were young during World War Two and each lived under German rule after the Leningrad region was overrun and occupied by the enemy. Num Pages: 150 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761853251
- ISBN
- 9780761853251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.76
€ 108.76
Paperback. Very few people know that there has been a steady increase in the population of Jews in Germany since 1945 and that there is a flourishing "Jewish" culture in Germany today. Does this mean that the great German-Jewish relationship has re-emerged despite the odds against it? Editor(s): Zipes, Jack David; Morris, Leslie. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293901
- ISBN
- 9780312293901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Hardcover. Very few people know that there has been a steady increase in the population of Jews in Germany since 1945 and that there is a flourishing "Jewish" culture in Germany today. Does this mean that the great German-Jewish relationship has re-emerged despite the odds against it? Editor(s): Zipes, Jack David; Morris, Leslie. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293895
- ISBN
- 9780312293895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51
Paperback. This is an interpretation and critique of Habermas's philosophy of law in his "Between Facts and Norms", which James Marsh feels is flawed by a fundamental contradiction: the notion of a democracy ruled by law and capitalism. Series: New Critical Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPS; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512610
- ISBN
- 9780742512610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.17
€ 65.17
Hardback. This is an interpretation and critique of Habermas's philosophy of law in his "Between Facts and Norms", which James Marsh feels is flawed by a fundamental contradiction: the notion of a democracy ruled by law and capitalism. Series: New Critical Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPS; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512603
- ISBN
- 9780742512603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.12
€ 162.12
Hardback. Provides a US-wide analysis of local university-high technology connections at the lowest possible level of spatial aggregation. This book focuses on the regional aspects of the interaction between high technology innovations, university and private R&D at the proper spatial scale, at the level of counties and metropolitan areas. Series: Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation. Num Pages: 153 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 153
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792382485
- ISBN
- 9780792382485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.06
€ 131.06
Hardback. Written some fifty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this book shows that the struggle for a fuller realization of these rights is far from over. It maps out the international human rights agenda as it stands at the end of the 20th century. Editor(s): Patman, Professor Robert G. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333774021
- ISBN
- 9780333774021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 4o b&w, 7colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 185 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841768137
- ISBN
- 9781841768137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Hardback. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333284858
- ISBN
- 9780333284858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.25
€ 194.25
Hardcover. The greatest threat to Western unity in the 1960s came not from a communist enemy but from an ally: France. De Gaulle challenged the dominance of the US by bringing crises to the EEC and NATO and seeking detente with the Soviet bloc. As this book shows, the US and Britain cooperated successfully to ensure that his plans did not prosper. Series: Global Conflict and Security Since 1945. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230522176
- ISBN
- 9780230522176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. An analysis of US policy towards Indonesian nationalism that concludes Truman's support for independence was based on his Cold War priorities and not principled backing for self-determination and reveals Eisenhower's New Look led to a CIA-backed intervention, propelling Indonesia towards communism. Series: Cold War History. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333793152
- ISBN
- 9780333793152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
This new book by Ron Willis and Tom Carmichael chronicles in full color the development of Navy wings, including variations in designation, design and makers from World War I to the present. Also included is a listing of 17,000 naval aviators by name and number up to 1942. Num Pages: 224 pages, over 400 color photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBT; JWF; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1292.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887407956
- ISBN
- 9780887407956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.65€ 39.78
€ 54.65
€ 39.78
Num Pages: 336 pages, over 320 and b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBT; JWF; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 222 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1924.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764311796
- ISBN
- 9780764311796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.34€ 49.42
€ 65.34
€ 49.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333358344
- ISBN
- 9780333358344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.54
€ 193.54
Num Pages: 272 pages, over 650 color and b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 238 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2642.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764322648
- ISBN
- 9780764322648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.73€ 65.34
€ 86.73
€ 65.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 640 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GBCR; HBJK; HBLW; JWL; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 226 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810845961
- ISBN
- 9780810845961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 338.69
€ 338.69
Hardback. This year-by-year account chronicles the tenure of Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, as he leads the United Nations throught the veritable diplomatic minefield of the Vietnam conflict and presides over an increasingly difficult peace between the Superpowers. Series: Partners for Peace. Num Pages: 280 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JPSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810837010
- ISBN
- 9780810837010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.18
€ 144.18