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Indian sub-continent
Paperback. Series: Brief History Of.. (Checkmark Books). Num Pages: 414 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- FACTS ON FILE
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816083626
- ISBN
- 9780816083626
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Condition: New
€ 31.19
€ 31.19
A diary describing the experience of the author in Andhra Pradesh. It reflects on daily events - from explorations of crumbling temples to battles with ineradicable bugs to joyous dinners with friends. It also considers the ancient poetry and myths that remain such an inextricable part of life in contemporary India. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226755762
- ISBN
- 9780226755762
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.77
€ 29.99
€ 23.77
Paperback. What is driving political extremism in Pakistan? How should the US and other Western nations engage with Islamist political parties in nations where they hold both political and moral authority? This book analyzes the origins, ideologies, bases of support, and electoral successes of the largest influential Islamic confessional parties in Pakistan. Series: South Asia in World Affairs Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 figures, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSR2; JPFR; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626160156
- ISBN
- 9781626160156
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Condition: New
€ 74.88
€ 74.88
Paperback. Focuses on violence being perpetrated against the Pakistani state by Islamist groups and how Pakistan can address these challenges, concentrating not only on military aspects but on the often-ignored political, legal, law enforcement, financial, and technological facets of the challenge. Editor(s): Yusuf, Moeed. Series: South Asia in World Affairs Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626160453
- ISBN
- 9781626160453
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Condition: New
€ 74.16
€ 74.16
Paperback. Analyzes the strategies that different states have used to engage a rising India, their successes and failures, as well as India's responses. This book also assesses India's own strategies to engage with Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Central Asian republics. Editor(s): Hall, Ian. Series: South Asia in World Affairs Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FC; 1FKA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626160866
- ISBN
- 9781626160866
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Condition: New
€ 75.43
€ 75.43
paperback. A searing indictment of India's failure over the past 100 years to deal with the transportation of human excrement. Num Pages: 140 pages, photographs, list, map, glossary. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFC; JFFJ; JFS; TQSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 211 x 8. Weight in Grams: 188.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Zed Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842772676
- ISBN
- 9781842772676
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.19
€ 42.99
€ 36.19
Paperback. While the caste system has been formally abolished under the Indian constitution, according to official statistics, every 18 minutes a crime is committed in India on a member of the dalit caste. This book explodes the myth that caste is a feudal relic, and argues that it has been well assimilated by both capitalist India and globalising India. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFJ; JFSC; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848134492
- ISBN
- 9781848134492
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.10
€ 35.99
€ 31.10
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
€ 97.20
€ 97.20
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
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Condition: New
€ 42.64
€ 42.64
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
€ 39.97
€ 39.97
Paperback. Finds that China and India's South-South commerce with Africa is about far more than natural resources, opening the way for Africa to become a processor of commodities and a competitive supplier of goods and services to these countries - a major departure from its long established relations with the North. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; 1H; KCLT; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 785.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- World Bank Publications
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821368350
- ISBN
- 9780821368350
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Condition: New
€ 29.46
€ 29.46
Paperback. Offers an account of Indian work in diophantine equations during the 6th through 12th centuries and Italian work on solutions of cubic and biquadratic equations from the 11th through 16th centuries. The volume traces the historical development of algebra and the theory of equations from ancient times to the beginning of modern algebra. Editor(s): Varadarajan, Veeraualli Seshadri. Series: Mathematical World. Num Pages: 174 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FKA; 3F; 3H; 3J; PBF; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 184 x 10. Weight in Grams: 287.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821809891
- ISBN
- 9780821809891
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Condition: New
€ 57.98
€ 57.98
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
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 44.69
€ 48.99
€ 44.69
paperback. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFJ; JFSR2; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- MUP Academic Australia
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522870640
- ISBN
- 9780522870640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.47
€ 56.47
Hardcover. Collects essays that examine issues of gender, family, and law in the Middle East and South Asia. This title addresses the role of religious politics in writing family law and the implications for gender relations, and the tension between international standards emerging from UN conferences and conventions and various nationalist projects. Editor(s): Cuno, Kenneth M.; Desai, Manisha, PhD. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 296 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FK; JFSJ; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632351
- ISBN
- 9780815632351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.66
€ 65.66
Paperback. Analyzes the influences on the rapid future development of China and India and examines how their growth is likely to impinge upon other countries. This book considers international trade, industrialization, foreign investment, and capital flows, and the implications of their broadening environmental footprints. Editor(s): Winters, Professor Alan; Yusuf, Shahid. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; GTF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- World Bank Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821367490
- ISBN
- 9780821367490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. In this rich interdisciplinary study, Sujani Reddy examines the consequential lives of Indian nurses whose careers have unfolded in the contexts of empire, migration, familial relations, race, and gender. As Reddy shows, the nursing profession developed in India against a complex backdrop of British and US imperialism. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469625072
- ISBN
- 9781469625072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.50
€ 45.50
Paperback. Six candid interviews introduce readers to a class of Muslim women rarely acknowledged in the West. The book aims to shed light on the status, conflicts and social realities of educated Muslim women in Pakistan. They tell of the conflicts and compromises with family and community. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 368 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629795
- ISBN
- 9780815629795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.15
€ 37.15
Hardcover. Miss India competition has become a prominent feature of Indian popular culture, influencing, over time, the conventional standard for female beauty. Through the lens of the 2003 beauty pageant, the author examines what feminine beauty has come to mean in a country transformed by political, economic, and cultural developments. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFCA; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631767
- ISBN
- 9780815631767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.62
€ 41.62
Hardcover. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKN; 1KBB; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815634133
- ISBN
- 9780815634133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.86
€ 44.86