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Hardcover. This collection of essays examines German-language cultural production pertaining to modern China and Japan, and explicitly challenges orientalist notions by proposing a conception of East and West not as opposites, but as complementary elements of global culture, thereby urging a move beyond national paradigms in cultural studies. Editor(s): Shen, Qinna; Rosenstock, Martin. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. Num Pages: 316 pages, 32 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1F; 3JJ; 3JM; HBG; HBLW; JFC; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 231 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383604
- ISBN
- 9781782383604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.89
€ 151.89
Hardcover. Significant recent research on the German Right between 1918 and 1933 calls into question received narratives of Weimar political history. The German Right in the Weimar Republic examines the role that the German Right played in the destabilization and overthrow of the Weimar Republic. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFM; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 232 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383529
- ISBN
- 9781782383529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.16
€ 163.16
Hardcover. Why was there such a far-reaching consensus concerning the utopian goal of national homogeneity in the first half of the twentieth century? Ethnic cleansing is analyzed here as a result of the formation of democratic nation-states, the international order based on them, and European modernity in general. Translator(s): Kreutzmuller, Charlotte. Series: War and Genocide. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3; HBLX; HBTZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383024
- ISBN
- 9781782383024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.59
€ 152.59
Hardcover. Bohemia and Moravia, today part of the Czech Republic, was the first territory with a majority of non-German speakers occupied by Hitler's Third Reich on the eve of the World War II. Tens of thousands of Jewish inhabitants in the so called Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia soon felt the tragic consequences of Nazi racial politics. Series: Making Sense of History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 ills. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382942
- ISBN
- 9781782382942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.63
€ 151.63
Hardcover. The authors emphasize how local actors constructed their own adaptation of colonialism, identity, and autonomy, creating a multi-centric and entangled history of modern education. In both formal as well as informal aspects, they demonstrate that transnational and cross-cultural exchanges in education have been characterized by appropriation.. Editor(s): Bagchi, Barnita; Fuchs, Eckhardt; Rousmaniere, Kate. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 ill. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JNB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382669
- ISBN
- 9781782382669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.37
€ 152.37
Hardcover. Jens Gieseke tells the story of the Stasi, a feared secret-police force and a highly professional intelligence service. He inquires into the mechanisms of dictatorship and the day-to-day effects of surveillance and suspicion. Masterful and thorough at once, he takes the reader through this dark chapter of German postwar history.. Translator(s): Burnett, David. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JPVR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382546
- ISBN
- 9781782382546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.51
€ 152.51
Hardcover. Information is crucial when it comes to the management of resources. But what if knowledge is incomplete, or biased, or otherwise deficient? How did people define patterns of proper use in the absence of cognitive certainty? Editor(s): Uekotter, Frank; Lubken, Uwe. Series: The Environment in History: International Perspectives. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1 ill. BIC Classification: HBG; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382522
- ISBN
- 9781782382522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.95
€ 151.95
Hardcover. Everyday life in the Crown colony of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) was characterized by a direct encounter of people with modernity through the consumption and use of foreign machines - in particular, the Singer sewing machine, but also the gramophone, tramway, bicycle and varieties of industrial equipment. Num Pages: 176 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382423
- ISBN
- 9781782382423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.81
€ 151.81
Hardcover. In 1915, the Armenians were exiled from their land, and in the process of deportation 1.5 million of them were killed. The 1915-1916 annihilation of the Armenians was the archetype of modern genocide, in which a state adopts a specific scheme geared to the destruction of an identifiable group of its own citizens. Num Pages: 856 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUR; 3JJF; HBJD; HBJF; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 226 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782381433
- ISBN
- 9781782381433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 204.47
€ 204.47
Hardcover. The Communist Party dictatorships in Hungary and East Germany sought to win over the "masses" with promises of providing for ever-increasing levels of consumption. This policy - successful at the outset - in the long-term proved to be detrimental for the regimes because it shifted working class political consciousness to the right.. Num Pages: 376 pages, 5 ills, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 1DVH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782380252
- ISBN
- 9781782380252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.11
€ 164.11
Hardcover. As the first historical study of East Germany's sepulchral culture, this book explores the complex cultural responses to death since the Second World War. Topics include the interrelated areas of the organization and municipalization of the undertaking industry; the steps taken towards a socialist cemetery culture such as issues of design.. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 33 tables & figs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782380139
- ISBN
- 9781782380139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.26
€ 152.26
Hardcover. Comparing the liberal Jewish ethics of the German-Jewish philosophers Ernst Cassirer and Hannah Arendt, this book argues that both espoused a diasporic, worldly conception of Jewish identity that was anchored in a pluralist and politically engaged interpretation of Jewish history and an abiding interest in the complex lived reality of modern Jews. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFCX; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782380078
- ISBN
- 9781782380078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.26
€ 152.26
hardcover. This volume seeks to re-examine just what we ought to consider theory to signify. Editor(s): Hughes, Aaron W. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: HR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781794234
- ISBN
- 9781781794234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.86
€ 95.86
Hardback. This book explores the possibility of a hermeneutics of the Qur'an. Series: Themes in Qur'anic Studies. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: HRHS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781792308
- ISBN
- 9781781792308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.25
€ 40.25
Paperback. Earth, Empire and Sacred Text examines the Muslim-Christian theology of creation and humanity, aiming to construct a dialogue to enable both faiths to work together to preserve our planet, to bring justice to its most needy inhabitants, and to contribute to peace-building. Num Pages: 652 pages. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRCM; HRHT; RNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 232 x 34. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 652
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781790359
- ISBN
- 9781781790359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.25
€ 79.25
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780994413
- ISBN
- 9781780994413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.53
€ 20.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. If religion can define evil, why can't it stop it? Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM9; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780992990
- ISBN
- 9781780992990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.10
€ 27.99
€ 24.10
Paperback. John de Courcy was a Knight of noble birth but bleak prospects. He fought his way to the notice of Henry II who laughingly granted him Ulster "provided he could conquer it by force". John won his chance at the Battle of Downpatrick in 1177 and ruled his Norman lordship from Carrickfergus Castle until his demise at the hands of King John. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; 3H; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Colourpoint Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780730691
- ISBN
- 9781780730691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.39
€ 10.39
Paperback. A memoir of Michael Quealey's six years in the Basilian order in the 1960s. During his priesthood, Quealey was director of the Newman Centre at the University of Toronto and engaged in Church reform. This is a story that blends Toronto history with Catholic Church history and an inside look at 1960s counterculture. Publisher territorial rights Num Pages: 228 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJPK; BGX; HRCC7; HRLP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771122429
- ISBN
- 9781771122429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.05
€ 25.99
€ 23.05
Paperback. The moving and extraordinary story of an unheralded and virtually unknown Anzac action that occurred during the period of the landing at Gallipoli and how the truth of what happened was corrupted by a noted historian. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, black & white plates, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJF; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 232 x 29. Weight in Grams: 541.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781743317709
- ISBN
- 9781743317709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.56
€ 31.99
€ 27.56