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Indian sub-continent
Paperback. Presents a portrait of Hindu renouncers or sadhus or ascetics in northern India and Nepal. This title considers a paradox that shapes their lives: while ostensibly defined by their solitary spiritual practice, the stripping away of social commitments, and their break with family and community. Series: Contemporary Indian Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219497
- ISBN
- 9780253219497
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.06
€ 24.99
€ 23.06
Paperback. A collection of essays, which considers the meaning and nature of life history narrative in India. Editor(s): Arnold, David; Blackburn, Stuart. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBTB; HBTD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217271
- ISBN
- 9780253217271
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
paperback. A multidisciplinary exploration of the major challenges for religion and law in India today. Editor(s): Larson, Gerald James. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 figures, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRK; JFC; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214805
- ISBN
- 9780253214805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.91
€ 24.99
€ 22.91
Paperback. Born in colonial India into a despised caste of former tree climbers, Ayya lost his mother as a child and came of age in a small town in lowland Burma. Forced to flee at the outbreak of World War II, he returned to southern India after a treacherous 1,700-mile journey by rail, boat, bullock cart, and foot. Num Pages: 232 pages, 17 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 359.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012500
- ISBN
- 9780253012500
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.02
€ 25.99
€ 24.02
Paperback. Presents an examination of the global nature of Indian and Chinese media. Editor(s): Curtin, Dr. Michael, PhD; Shah, Hemant G. Series: Popular Culture and Politics Asia Pacific. Num Pages: 328 pages, 9 black & white photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; GTC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252076909
- ISBN
- 9780252076909
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Hardback. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BM; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166041
- ISBN
- 9780231166041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.34€ 79.41
€ 104.34
€ 79.41
Hardback. Presents an autobiographical account of the author's birth and upbringing as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the 1950s. As a document of the long silenced and long denied sufferings of the Dalits, this work presents a manifesto for the revolutionary transformation of society and human consciousness. Translator(s): Mukherjee, Arun Prabha. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; BG; FA; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129725
- ISBN
- 9780231129725
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Condition: New
€ 83.00€ 63.82
€ 83.00
€ 63.82
Hardback. Priya Joshi demonstrates how a paradoxical legacy has shaped the works of Indian writers such as Krupa Satthianadhan, Ahmed Ali and Salman Rushdie, a process she calls the "indigenization" of the English novel. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231125840
- ISBN
- 9780231125840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.57€ 89.71
€ 118.57
€ 89.71
Hardback. The "Maratha period" of the 17th and 18th centuries, when an independent Maratha state successfully resisted the Mughals, is a defining era in the history of the region of Maharashtra in western India. This book highlights shifts in history writing in early modern and modern India and the connections between historical and literary narratives. Series: Cultures of History. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBAH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231124867
- ISBN
- 9780231124867
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Condition: New
€ 80.63€ 62.08
€ 80.63
€ 62.08
Paperback. Examining the relationship between societal practice, historical processes, and culture in a Nepali society, this book tells the story of the Thakali's search for identity and their efforts to clarify and represent their culture and history. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKN; JFSL9; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110877
- ISBN
- 9780231110877
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. This is the study of a small group of Tibetan Buddhists called the Nyishangba who have maintained an egalitarian culture, where women own land and have equal rights, including in social and religious institutions, and where the usual subordination of women does not appear to occur. Num Pages: 408 pages, 28 photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 1FKN; 1FPCT; HRE; JFSJ1; JHM; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102155
- ISBN
- 9780231102155
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.89
€ 42.99
€ 30.89
Paperback. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 halftone, 20 tables, 15 music examples. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AVA; AVGC1; AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226730332
- ISBN
- 9780226730332
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.72
€ 34.99
€ 27.72
hardcover. In the twelfth century, the Catholic Church attempted a thoroughgoing reform of marriage and sexual behavior aimed at eradicating sexual desire from Christian lives. This book illuminates the birth of a cultural movement that managed to regulate selfish desire and render it innocent - or innocent enough. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FK; 1FPJ; 3F; DSB; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226706269
- ISBN
- 9780226706269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.57€ 97.99
€ 118.57
€ 97.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKN; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 30. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226428802
- ISBN
- 9780226428802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.90€ 89.47
€ 107.90
€ 89.47
Paperback. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 335 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1FM; HBJF; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226380537
- ISBN
- 9780226380537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.84
€ 34.99
€ 27.84
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; 3H; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226372570
- ISBN
- 9780226372570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.85€ 79.04
€ 94.85
€ 79.04
Paperback. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APFA; HBJF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226361567
- ISBN
- 9780226361567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.41
€ 42.99
€ 33.41
Hardback. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APFA; HBJF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226361420
- ISBN
- 9780226361420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.01€ 95.15
€ 115.01
€ 95.15
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€ 40.12
€ 51.99
€ 40.12
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€ 19.22
€ 23.99
€ 19.22