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Paperback. Presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India who are generally called devadasis, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This title charts the historical fissures that lie beneath cultural modernity in South India. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 312 pages, 48 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226768106
- ISBN
- 9780226768106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.01
€ 37.99
€ 30.01
Hardcover. Johnson provides an historically rich examination of the intersection of early twentieth-century imperial culture, imperial politics, and imperial economics as reflected in the colonial built environment at New Delhi, a remarkably ambitious imperial capital built by the British between 1911 and 1931. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 colour tables, 3 maps, 5 black & white halftones, 2 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137469861
- ISBN
- 9781137469861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Paperback. Gandhi was not only the most important Indian figure of the 20th century, he is the most famous pacifist ever. This is a readable examination of Gandhi and the nature of his often unconventional and controversial power. Series: Profiles in Power. Num Pages: 288 pages, facsim., maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582319783
- ISBN
- 9780582319783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.12
€ 54.12
Paperback. Offers an analysis of medicine and disease in colonial India that explores the vital role of the state in medical and public health activities, arguing that Western medicine became a critical battleground between the colonized and the colonizers. Num Pages: 368 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBTB; JHM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 516. State Medicine and Epidemic Disease in Nineteenth-Century India. 368 pages, Ill. Offers an analysis of medicine and disease in colonial India that explores the vital role of the state in medical and public health activities, arguing that Western medicine became a critical battleground between the colonized and the colonizers. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBTB; JHM; MBP. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 13. Weight: 528.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082953
- ISBN
- 9780520082953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Hardcover. An account of how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of everyday use in India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It examines the assimilation and appropriation of bicycles, rice mills, sewing machines, and typewriters in India. Series: science.culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226922027
- ISBN
- 9780226922027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.06€ 79.61
€ 95.06
€ 79.61
Paperback. Showcases how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of everyday use in India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The author examines how such technologies became integral to fresh ways of thinking about class, race, and gender, as well as about the politics of colonial rule. Series: science.culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 22 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBTK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226269375
- ISBN
- 9780226269375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.41
€ 23.99
€ 19.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FMB; AJB; RGBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 330 x 260. .
- Publisher
- Steidl Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783958291706
- ISBN
- 9783958291706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.57
€ 52.99
€ 44.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286. Curry Cook and Curry Books. 200 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. Part of the "English Kitchen" series, this book traces the development of Anglo-Indian cookery in English and Scottish cookery books from its earliest appearance in the 18th century through to modern works by Camilla Punjabi and Marguerite Patten. It also looks at the various classes of cooks who produced popular and interesting recipes. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; WBN. Dimension: 185 x 139 x 21. Weight: 286.
- Publisher
- Prospect Books
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903018576
- ISBN
- 9781903018576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. David Manners was trekking in Nepal when he stumbled upon the mountain home of a jhankri, or Nepalese shaman. The jhankri accepted David as his pupil, and so began the next stage of David's extraordinary journey. In this book, he shares the wisdom and insights he learnt from those transformational days in the Himalayas. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; HRLK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846044458
- ISBN
- 9781846044458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.00
€ 32.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691616070
- ISBN
- 9780691616070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.17€ 64.47
€ 83.17
€ 64.47
Hardback. The Indus basin was once an arid pastoral watershed, but by the second half of the twentieth century, it had become one of the world's most heavily irrigated and populated river basins. This book explores how environmental transformation is tied to the creation of communities and nations, focusing on the intersection of politics, and more. Num Pages: 376 pages, 9 maps, 1 black and white. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285293
- ISBN
- 9780520285293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.86€ 58.34
€ 74.86
€ 58.34
Paperback. Focuses on yoga's practitioners. Combing through millennia of South Asia's vast and diverse literature, this title discovers that yogis are usually portrayed as wonder-workers or sorcerers who use their dangerous supernatural. Num Pages: 376 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAX; HRLK; HRLP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226895147
- ISBN
- 9780226895147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.84
€ 38.84
Paperback. David Gordon White excavates and seeks to centre within its broader Indian context the lost tradition of the medieval Siddhas. Num Pages: 614 pages, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLC; HRG; HRLF; HRLK2; HRQX2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 32. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 614
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226894997
- ISBN
- 9780226894997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.21
€ 45.21
Hardcover. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLL; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403949028
- ISBN
- 9781403949028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. Considers the European representation and understanding of landscape and nature in early nineteenth-century India. This book draws on travel narratives, literary texts, and scientific literature to show the diversity of European responses to the Indian environment and the ways in which these contributed to the wider colonizing process. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; GTB; RGC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993836
- ISBN
- 9780295993836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
hardcover. Charting an important process in modern Indian history, this book gives an assessment of the introduction of Western science into India. It is intended for scholars of Indian history and those interested in the interaction between Western and Indian traditions of intellectual thought. Series: India in the Modern World. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 17 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415402095
- ISBN
- 9780415402095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.92
€ 187.92
paperback. People Trees is about religious conceptions of trees within the cultural world of tree worship at the tree shrines of northern India. Sacred trees have been worshipped for millennia in India and today tree worship continues there among all segments of society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HREC; HRGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199929160
- ISBN
- 9780199929160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.03
€ 81.03
Paperback. Offers insight into the key economic, social, and political developments that have shaped both the individual countries of South Asia and the region as a whole. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Oneworld
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851689361
- ISBN
- 9781851689361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.42
€ 15.99
€ 12.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Ludden, David. Series: South Asia Seminar. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JH; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215854
- ISBN
- 9780812215854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. The range of the book: from wartime England to colonial Assam; from sapper training in India to jungle warfare in Malaya - Tea, Love and War tells the unique true story of the child of an exploited village woman gaining recognition and acceptance in suburban England. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FKA; 3JJ; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 28. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Troubador Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780880891
- ISBN
- 9781780880891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03