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Paperback. Investigates the politics of ethnic identity in post-socialist China. By combining innovative research with fieldwork conducted during the late 1980s and early 1990s in south-central and southwestern China, the author provides a detailed ethnography of the region's Yao population in order to question how minority groups are represented in China. Num Pages: 360 pages, 21 b&w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822325499
ISBN
9780822325499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.27

Paperback. Since Tsarist times, Roma in Russia (known to others as Gypsies) have been portrayed as rebels, isolated from society and excluded from mainstream history. This book examines how Roma themselves have negotiated such dualities, in both everyday interactions and in stage performances. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 b&w photographs, 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; AN; HBTB; JFC; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324935
ISBN
9780822324935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.33

paperback. Offers an interpretation of the role that gender played in defining the Indian state during both the colonial and postcolonial eras. Focusing on both British and Indian literary texts - primarily novels - produced between 1857 and 1947, this title examines representations of 'native' Indian women. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324904
ISBN
9780822324904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.05

Paperback. Centring her analysis around several major Puerto Rican anti-prostitution campaigns, the author exposes the race-related double standards of sexual norms and practices in Puerto Rico between 1870 and 1920, the period that witnessed Puerto Rico's shift from Spanish to US colonialism. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJP; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822323969
ISBN
9780822323969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.33

Paperback. Presents a social and cultural history of exploitation films. Analysing many films, such as "The Road to Ruin", "Modern Motherhood", and more, this book demonstrates that these films were more than simply 'bad' movies. It shows how they evolved during a period of forty years and how, during that time, they shaped public policies and attitudes. Num Pages: 488 pages, 59 b&w photographs, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 796.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822323747
ISBN
9780822323747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. Presents ethnography of peasant communities in Peru caught between the government and the Shining Path. This book chronicles the historical conditions that led to the formation of the rondas, the social and geographical expansion of the movement, and its gradual decline in the 1990s. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 344 pages, 42 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFC; JFSC; JFSF; JHM; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822323211
ISBN
9780822323211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

paperback. Most would agree that American culture in the 1980s differed dramatically from that of the 1960s. Yet the 1970s is still thought of as a cultural wasteland. This text debunks this notion by examining a wide range of political and cultural phenomena. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 432 pages, 29 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822321668
ISBN
9780822321668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. Examines how comic books played an important role in the development of a stable, legitimate state. This book investigates the complex dynamics of the politics of censorship occasioned by Mexican comic books. It is useful to those with an interest in Mexican history, Latin American studies, cultural studies, and popular culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; AKLC; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JPA; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822321415
ISBN
9780822321415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.08

Paperback. Demonstrates how caution, confusion, and conflicting goals marked US relations with Trujillo and set the tone for the ambivalent Cold War relations that prevailed until Trujillo's assassination in 1961. This title is for suitable Latin Americanists, historians, political scientists, and specialists in international relations and diplomacy. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 368 pages, 17 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJD; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JPA; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822321231
ISBN
9780822321231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315247
ISBN
9780822315247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HPQ; JHBA; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822314974
ISBN
9780822314974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Offers a lively, detailed account of the beginnings of the Judson Dance Theater--a popular centre of dance experimentation in New York's Greenwich Village Num Pages: 288 pages, 9ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; ASD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780822313991
ISBN
9780822313991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3ill. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JJ; JFC; JFSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822313472
ISBN
9780822313472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 215 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3810 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822311676
ISBN
9780822311676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.05

paperback. Tracing the evolution of modern dance movements in New York City, this survey focuses on the choreographers, such as Merce Cunningham, Twyla Tharp, Trisha Brown and David Gordon, who were propelled into rebellion against conventional modern dance by various counter-cultural dance troupes. Illustrator(s): Tileston, Nathaniel. Num Pages: 251 pages, 38 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; ASD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822311669
ISBN
9780822311669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.15

Hardback. Series: War and Society in North America. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821422557
ISBN
9780821422557
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBTB; JPHL; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821422496
ISBN
9780821422496
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JJG; WSBT; WSBX; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821422434
ISBN
9780821422434
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.92

Hardback. "It took her two tries, but in 1955, sixty-seven-year-old Emma 'Grandma' Gatewood became the first woman to solo hike the entire length of the Appalachian Trail in one through hike. Gatewood has become a legend for those who hike the trail, and in her home state of Ohio, where she helped found the Buckeye Trail"--Amazon.com. Illustrator(s): Magnus, Erica. Num Pages: 32 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JJPG; YNH; YNM; YNW. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 5182 x 5817 x 8. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821422359
ISBN
9780821422359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.80

Hardback. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BGH; JFSJ1; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821422328
ISBN
9780821422328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.11

Paperback. After designing and installing the massive murals for the Cincinnati Union Terminal in the 1930s, German immigrant artist Winold Reiss fell into relative obscurity, despite the vibrancy and boldness of his meticulous mosaic works. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; AGB; AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6466 x 4531 x 10. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821422038
ISBN
9780821422038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.12

Hardback. Historians have long argued that the Great War eradicated German culture from American soil. This book examines the experiences of German-Americans living in Missouri during the First World War, evaluating the personal relationships at the local level that shaped their lives and the way that they were affected by national war effort guidelines. Series: Law Society & Politics in the Midwest. Num Pages: 284 pages, yes, b&w photos and drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821420034
ISBN
9780821420034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.11

Paperback. In this analysis of migration in a globalizing world, the author highlights how the Polish immigrant experience a hundred years ago is relevant to present-day immigration debates on both sides of the Atlantic. Series: Polish and Polish-American Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBJK; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821419267
ISBN
9780821419267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.63

Hardcover. Num Pages: 271 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; DN; DSB; HBG; HBJF; HBLL; JPQB; JPS; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 585. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821412688
ISBN
9780821412688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.14

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