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Indian sub-continent

Paperback. Pakistan's transformation from a country once projected as a model of Muslim enlightenment to a state threatened by an Islamist take over dominates the headlines. This book argues that the country's social and political decline is rooted primarily in uncertainty about the meaning of Pakistan and the significance of 'being Pakistani'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850659655
ISBN
9781850659655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.33

Hardback. A new diplomatic and military history of South Asia's 'Forgotten War' and of its impact on India and Pakistan A compellingly told history of a nasty five week war that involved some of the largest tank battles since the end of the Second World War and led to thousands of casualties on both sides, many details of which are still little known. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042307
ISBN
9781849042307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.61

Hardback. A cultural history set in Punjab that examines a body of popular literature to illustrate both the durability of a vernacular literary tradition and the limits of colonial dominance in British India. It asks how qisse, a vibrant genre of epics and romances, flourished in colonial Punjab despite British efforts to marginalize the Punjabi language. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 294 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 9 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520262690
ISBN
9780520262690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.36
€ 65.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTLC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 502. 400 pages, Illustrations, maps. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTLC; WTM. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 26. Weight: 502.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907871880
ISBN
9780907871880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardcover. This volume explores the way in which various religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, have represented and reflected upon the botanical environment - the sacred nature of trees and flora, the significance of plants as food and medicine, agriculture and the use of plants in ritual and myth. Editor(s): Ferrari, Dr. Fabrizio M.; Dahnhardt, Thomas. Num Pages: 326 pages, 48 figures. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAC; HRLK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 73.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781791196
ISBN
9781781791196
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.81

Hardback. Flora's Empire brings new light to the complex history of British imperialism in India and its post-Independence legacy. Aided by beautiful period illustrations, it focuses on three centuries of official, domestic, and botanical gardens, as well as on memorial gardens and restorations of Muslim and Hindu sites. Series: Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture. Num Pages: 440 pages, 30 color, 60 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AMV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 179 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1216.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
440
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition /First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812243260
ISBN
9780812243260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

Paperback. First published in 1844, and it was read by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche in Germany and Emerson and Thoreau in America. Reintroducing Burnouf to a new generation of Buddhologists, Buffetrille and Lopez have revived a seminal text in the history of Orientalism. It provides a view of how the Buddhism religion was understood in the nineteenth century. Translator(s): Buffetrille, Katia; Lopez, Donald S. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 616 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRAX; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226269689
ISBN
9780226269689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 205 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ; JHBK; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 299.
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816522385
ISBN
9780816522385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.91

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKN; CFB; CFZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781563686641
ISBN
9781563686641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.16

Hardcover. This book examines the colonial state's approach to venereal disease and 'vice'-driven health risks in the first half of the nineteenth century. Further, it shows that these decisions had wide-ranging and often surprising consequences not simply for the army itself, but for India and the empire more broadly. Shortlisted for the 2014 Templer Award. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HBTQ; JWT; MBX; MJCJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137270986
ISBN
9781137270986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Paperback. 'Slowly Down the Ganges' is seen as a vintage Newby masterpiece, alongside 'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush' and 'Love and War in the Apennines'. Told with Newby's self-deprecating humour and wry attention to detail, this is a classic of the genre and a window into an enchanting piece of history. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007367887
ISBN
9780007367887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardcover. As more countries develop nuclear weapons, the effectiveness of the bomb as a deterrent reduces. The author discusses this proliferation with regard to the options open to the USA naval forces. Using scenarios, the author discusses whether these countries are immune to superpower intervention. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FKA; 1HBL; 1KBB; JPSD; JWMN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 405. Clean copy lacking dust jacket with minor shelf wear. Stamp to page edges
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Praeger Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0001687
ISBN
9780275933456
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In 1997, Emma Slade was taken hostage in a hotel room on a business trip to Jakarta. Over the ensuing months the trauma following the event took hold. Realising her view on life had profoundly changed she embarked upon a journey, discovering the healing power of yoga and, in Bhutan, opening her eyes to a kinder, more peaceful way of living. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKH; BM; HRE; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Summersdale Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849539609
ISBN
9781849539609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, over 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTQ; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848845732
ISBN
9781848845732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. Discusses the rationale behind the decision to conduct nuclear tests in India and Pakistan and the impact on the South Asian region and the Gulf. It offers the perspective of India, Pakistan, China and the Gulf countries, and examines the theoretical framework of balance-of-power politics. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; JPS; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 349.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
148
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850433859
ISBN
9781850433859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.92

Hardback. The English East India Company was one of the most powerful and enduring organizations in history. This book locates the source of that success in the innovative policy by which the Company's Court of Directors granted employees the right to pursue their own commercial interests while in the firm's employ. Series: Princeton Analytical Sociology Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 line illus. 8 tables. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159065
ISBN
9780691159065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Paperback. Series: Princeton Analytical Sociology Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173795
ISBN
9780691173795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Hardcover. Investigating the uneasy relationship between aesthetics and political history, this book traces a genealogy of modernism in colonial and postcolonial India. Series: International Library of Modern and Contemporary Art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 48 bw integrated, 32 colour in 2x8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACXD2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Sew
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784531096
ISBN
9781784531096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.17

Hardcover. Sri Lanka is a place of geographic and cultural contrasts, and its best architecture is structurally versatile, using features such as overhanging roofs, slatted walls and courtyards to cope with intense sunshine and sudden downpours in equal measure. This book deals with the interior, climatic factors, valuable antiques and more. Num Pages: 208 pages, 350 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKS; WJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 260. .
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500518403
ISBN
9780500518403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.92

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKB; HRH; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231141567
ISBN
9780231141567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.32
€ 83.75

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