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Hardback. For Better, For Worse explores how marriage became the lens through which Egyptians critiqued larger socioeconomic and political concerns under British rule in the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804769594
ISBN
9780804769594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.85

Paperback. For many Egyptians in the early twentieth century, the biggest national problem was a 'marriage crisis' heralded in the press as a devastating rise in the number of middle-class men refraining from marriage. This title explores how marriage became the lens through which Egyptians critiqued larger socioeconomic and political concerns. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804769600
ISBN
9780804769600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

Hardback. Examines how popular media and culture provided ordinary Egyptians with a framework to construct and negotiate a modern national identity. Num Pages: 264 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804772112
ISBN
9780804772112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43

Hardback. This book offers a reinterpretation of an important popular uprising in Cairo in 1952 by looking at the patterns of commerce and urban development over the previous four decades. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH; KCCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804781268
ISBN
9780804781268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.22

Hardback. Taking up personal narratives of slaves and slave owners, "Tell This in My Memory" offers a new window into the study of slavery in modern Middle Eastern. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1HBS; 1QDT; HBJF1; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804782333
ISBN
9780804782333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.71

hardcover. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JH; HBJH; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804799140
ISBN
9780804799140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.57

Paperback. Contains essays which analyze the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that shape gender systems in the Middle East and North Africa. This volume includes essays that also analyze Arab disillusionment with the radical nationalisms of the 1950s and 1960s and with leftist ideologies, as well as the rise of political Islamist movements. Editor(s): Joseph, Suad; Slyomovics, Susan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JJPG; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812217490
ISBN
9780812217490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Exposes the fact that slavery remains widespread in Sudan and is not grounded in the current civil war but on old prejudices between the Muslim north and the Christian south. "A shocking account of Sudanese slavery."-Crime & Justice International Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812217629
ISBN
9780812217629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Based on extensive fieldwork, Women of Fes shows how Moroccan women create their own forms of identity through work, family, and society. The book also examines how women's lives are positioned vis-a-vis globalization, human rights, and the construction of national identity. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812221312
ISBN
9780812221312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Joseph O'Callaghan offers the first full and authoritative history of the epic battle for control of the Strait of Gibraltar waged by Castile, Morocco, and Granada in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries-a major, but often overlooked chapter in the Christian reconquest of Spain. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 392 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSG; 1HBM; 3H; HBLC1; HBWC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223026
ISBN
9780812223026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 1HBM; 1HBT; 3JJ; HBJH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814751299
ISBN
9780814751299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JHM; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816625390
ISBN
9780816625390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 halftones, 2 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JP. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816649129
ISBN
9780816649129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

hardcover. Translator(s): Robinson, Blake. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HBA; AGB; BG; HBJH; WTH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 585. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780821412725
ISBN
9780821412725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.27

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBS; BK; HBJH; HRHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821422304
ISBN
9780821422304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.27

Paperback. Focusing on the commonalties revealed in their shared language and colonial history, the author examines the work of six writers who, while artistically distinct and geographically scattered, share complex sensibilities regarding their own relationship to France and the French language. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBM; 1HFDS; 1KJH; 1KJWWM; 1KLSG; 2ADF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822321439
ISBN
9780822321439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. This analysis of the failure of efforts to achieve liberal reform in Egypt following its independence from Great Britain in 1922 has implications for modern-day nation-building efforts in the Mideast. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338383
ISBN
9780822338383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardback. Describes how attempts to create a modern Egyptian self free from the colonial gaze were enacted through discourses of gender and sexuality during the British colonial period. Num Pages: 440 pages, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346623
ISBN
9780822346623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.93

Paperback. Describes how attempts to create a modern Egyptian self free from the colonial gaze were enacted through discourses of gender and sexuality during the British colonial period. Num Pages: 440 pages, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822346746
ISBN
9780822346746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Hardback. In a series of case studies focusing on the Arab spring revolutions, the contributors to Freedom without Permission reveal the centrality of the intersections between body, gender, and space to the revolutions, showing how a diverse group of women and girls publicly disputed gender and sexual norms. Editor(s): Hasso, Frances S.; Salime, Zakia. Num Pages: 304 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JM; HBJF1; JFSJ; JHB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 20. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822362210
ISBN
9780822362210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

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