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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

Hardcover. Offering a major new interpretation of the transformation of political thought and practice in colonial India, The Domination of Strangers traces the origins of modern ideas about the state and Indian civil society to the practical interaction between the British and their south Asian subjects. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230574533
ISBN
9780230574533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.70

Paperback. Offering a major new interpretation of the transformation of political thought and practice in colonial India, The Domination of Strangers traces the origins of modern ideas about the state and Indian civil society to the practical interaction between the British and their south Asian subjects. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230279155
ISBN
9780230279155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.92

hardcover. Based on fieldwork in Calcutta, this book provides the ethnography of how middle-class women in India understand and experience economic change through transformations of family life. It explores their ideas, practices and experiences of marriage, childbirth, reproductive change and their children's education. Series Editor(s): Pardo, Italo; Prato, Dr. Giuliana B. Series: Urban Anthropology. Num Pages: 230 pages, includes 1 map & 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754649427
ISBN
9780754649427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.92

Paperback. This volume traces the origins and evolution of India's foreign policy since 1947. It examines India's relationships with a number of key regional states (Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka), adjoining regions (the Middle East and Southeast Asia), and the great powers (the United States, Russia and the People's Republic of China). Editor(s): Ganguly, Sumit. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPA; JPS; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
OUP India India
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198080367
ISBN
9780198080367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.60

Paperback. This book presents an interpretative ecological history of the Indian subcontinent. Using a general theory of ecological history, the authors provide a fresh interpretation of India's history, including an ecological account of the caste system and a sociological analysis of resource use. The Second Edition comes with a new Preface by the authors. Series: Oxford India Perennials Series. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; PSAF; RNC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
OUP India India
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198077442
ISBN
9780198077442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 282 x 16. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rupa
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788129106353
ISBN
9788129106353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.69

hardcover. Editor(s): Rai, Himanshu; Upreti, Dalip K. Num Pages: 313 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 59 colour illustrations, 2 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; PSTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
313
Condition
New
Edition
2014th Edition
SKU
V9781493903597
ISBN
9781493903597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.30

Paperback. A study of the emergence, development and significance of contemporary South Asian diasporic cinema, this text approaches the topic from a feminist and queer perspective to explore the hybrid cinema of the "Brown Atlantic". Num Pages: 290 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APFA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415966856
ISBN
9780415966856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.18

Hardback. The history of a city and the evolution of a nation Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 b&w illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBJF; JHBL; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253355874
ISBN
9780253355874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.85

paperback. What makes someone willing to die, not for a nation, but for a language? In the 1950s and 1960s, southern India saw a wave of dramatic suicides in the name of the Telugu language. This title traces the colonial-era changes in knowledge and practice linked to language that lay behind these events. Series: Contemporary Indian Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 b&w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJPG; CFB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220691
ISBN
9780253220691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

paperback. India is an immensely diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs and a veritable feast of viewpoints. This title brings together an illuminating selection of writings on contemporary India. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141012117
ISBN
9780141012117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360. Politics and Ideas. 312 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JPFN. Dimension: 206 x 139 x 16. Weight: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152235
ISBN
9780231152235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

paperback. Queering India provides an understanding of same-sex love and eroticism in Indian culture and society. The essays focus on gay and lesbian life in India to provide a comprehensive look at a much neglected area. Editor(s): Vanita, Ruth. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 photosgraphs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415929509
ISBN
9780415929509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.21

paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; HBJF; JF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415544467
ISBN
9780415544467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HPDF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 347.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554810352
ISBN
9781554810352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 44.69

Hardcover. There is an increasing number of middle- and upper-class urban Pakistani women turning toward Islam via Al-Huda, an Islamic school for women aiming to transform the women who absorb its message into 'pious' subjects. This title explores how Al-Huda is fostering a new generation of educated, urban, middle-class women to become veiled conservatives. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 illustrations, 1 table, glossary, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 173 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632092
ISBN
9780815632092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.05

Paperback. Playing God discusses the genre of rituals known as 'Teyyam' extant in the North Malabar region of Kerala State, India. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781790373
ISBN
9781781790373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.79

Paperback. Editor(s): Doniger, Wendy. Num Pages: 418 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSBB; HBJF; HRG; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190628802
ISBN
9780190628802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

hardcover. Explores the many facets of what constitutes a moral life within the Terapanthi Svetambar Jain ascetic community, and examines the central role ascetics play in upholding the Jain moral order. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRKJ; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802035455
ISBN
9780802035455
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

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