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Hardback. In The Antiquity of Nations, Anthony Smith provides a fresh interpretation of the character of modern nations. Departing from conventional wisdom, he argues the case for a deeper understanding of their character, based on an ethno--symbolic analysis of the myths, memories, symbols and traditions of pre--modern ethnic communities. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0. BIC Classification: GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745627458
ISBN
9780745627458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.04

Paperback. Probes the underlying causes of the conflict that has pitted Aceh against Jakarta, explaining why the Acehnese entered the Indonesian republic in 1945 with a determination to resist outside domination, and how these attitudes have shaped Aceh's relations with the Indonesian state. Editor(s): Reid, Anthony. Num Pages: 0 tables. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780295986333
ISBN
9780295986333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.09

Paperback. Analyzes how, in the midst of the momentous shift to an inclusive democracy, South Africa's visual and material culture represented the past while at the same time contributing to the process of social transformation. This book explores the dilemmas posed by a range of visual and material culture including key South African heritage sites. Num Pages: 384 pages, 117 photos, incl. 11 in color. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; AC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822330721
ISBN
9780822330721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.12

Paperback. Series: Commerce & Mass Culture S. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816637331
ISBN
9780816637331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.52

Hardback. Series: Commerce & Mass Culture S. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816637324
ISBN
9780816637324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.95

Paperback. Following on the heels of the Harlem Renaissance, the Chicago Renaissance was a resonant flourishing of African American arts, literature, theatre, music, and intellectualism, from 1930 to 1955. This work demonstrates the complexity of black women's many vital contributions to this unique cultural flowering. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 photographs; 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBBNC; GTB; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 458. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072932
ISBN
9780252072932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.18

Paperback. Explores the formation of a unique Soviet Jewish identity Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 14. Weight in Grams: 397.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218414
ISBN
9780253218414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.35

Paperback. Examines the role of television in public space at different points in the history of the medium. The author explores the significance of this pervasive phenomenon, tracing the forms of conflict, commerce, and community that television generates outside the home. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 328 pages, 32 b&w photographs, 15 figures. BIC Classification: 1K; APF; APT; GTB; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326922
ISBN
9780822326922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. African headrests have been moved out of the category of functional objects and into the more rarefied category of 'art' objects. Styles in African headrests are usually defined in terms of western art and archaeological discourses, but this book interrogates these definitions of style through a case study of headrests of the 'Tellem' of Mali. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; ACBK; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1120.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Wits University Press South Africa
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868144587
ISBN
9781868144587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.02

Paperback. Critics often claim that prime-time television seemed immune - or even willfully blind - to the landmark upheavals rocking western and American society during the 1960s. This book challenges the assumption that TV programming failed to consider or engage with the decade's youth-led societal changes. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 336 pages, 34 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JJPK; GTB; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822326458
ISBN
9780822326458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.33

paperback. Translator(s): Hartley, Christine Schwartz. Series: The Griot Project Book Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; GTB; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611486285
ISBN
9781611486285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816644544
ISBN
9780816644544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.09

Hardcover. Hildesheim is a mid-sized provincial town in northwest Germany. This title presents an account of how townspeople went about their lives and reacted to events during the Nazi era. It considers the actual customs and experiences of friendship and neighbourliness in a German town before, during, and after the Third Reich. Num Pages: 336 pages, 22 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTB; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253344656
ISBN
9780253344656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.72

Paperback. Series: Zed Books - Asian Arguments. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JMG; GTB; JHM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783606023
ISBN
9781783606023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.69

Hardcover. Firsthand experience and research shed light on claims that Euro Disneyland is nothing but American cultural imperialism. A former employee goes beyond media bites and academic scorn to examine Europe's love/hate relationship with the park and some of the undiscussed issues surrounding it. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JJPR; GTB; JFC; JFFS; KJVG; KNSG; WTHT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press Of Kansas
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700609895
ISBN
9780700609895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.48

Hardcover. Normalizing Japan explains how politics and identity have interacted in postwar Japan to shape Japans distinctive security practices, offering a useful framework for understanding the important change taking place in Japanese security policy today. Series: Studies in Asian Security. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804700290
ISBN
9780804700290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.68

Paperback. A framework for stabilizing and strengthening inner-city neighbourhoods through the public interpretation of historic landscapes Series Editor(s): Miller, Zane L.; Stradling, David; Bennett, Larry. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439902295
ISBN
9781439902295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.31

Hardback. Including an exploration of mining and the rise of Tijuana, this book examines a number of aspects of the region's social and cultural history, including urban growth and housing, the mysterious underworld of border-town nightlife, a film noir treatment of the Peteet family suicides, borderlands cuisine, the life of squatters and popular religion. Editor(s): Wood, Andrew Grant. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 320 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; GTB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 190 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842051729
ISBN
9780842051729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.07

Hardback. Details the textual background of the Samyuktagama, a collection of Buddhist scriptures arranged by topic, and places Gandhari Samyuktagama Sutras in this context. This volume contains four short sutras that gives an account of meditation practice in Gandhara in the middle of the second century AD. Series: Gandharan Buddhist Texts. Num Pages: 9 illus., 1 color foldout. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HRK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 209 x 23. Weight in Grams: 842.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295987729
ISBN
9780295987729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JPFC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674975491
ISBN
9780674975491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.00
€ 30.09

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