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Regional studies

Paperback. Explores Germany's relation to the more than two million Turkish immigrants and their descendants living within its borders. This title examines the tensions in Germany between race-based ideologies of blood and belonging on the one hand and ambitions of multicultural tolerance and cosmopolitanism on the other. Num Pages: 440 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822341932
ISBN
9780822341932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. Archaeology - along with Native American traditions and memories - holds a key to understanding early chapters of the human story in Washington. This book presents a sample of sites representing Washington's geographic regions and touches on historical archaeology, including excavations at fur-trade forts and the Whitman mission. Num Pages: 168 pages, 150 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; GTB; HBJK; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 12. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295986968
ISBN
9780295986968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.42

Hardback. More than half a century after the Holocaust, in countries where Jews make up just a tiny fraction of the population, products of Jewish culture have become very viable components of the popular public domain. But how can there be a growing Jewish presence in Europe, without the significant presence of Jews? The author explores this phenomenon. Num Pages: 317 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520213630
ISBN
9780520213630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.32

Hardback. This cultural history of Mussolini's dictatorship discusses the meanings of modernity in interwar Italy. The work argues that fascism appealed to many Italian intellectuals as a new model of modernity that would resolve the European crisis as well as long-standing problems of the national past. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 327 pages, 17 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; GTB; HBJD; HBWN; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520223639
ISBN
9780520223639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.02
€ 45.84

Paperback. This collection focuses on the role of entrepreneurship - both private and state - in propelling Asian economic growth in the five decades since the end of the Second World War. Editor(s): Vicziany, Marika. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; KJV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 209 x 23. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Monash Asia Institute Australia
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876924539
ISBN
9781876924539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896300672
ISBN
9781896300672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

Hardback. Constructs a framework that examines the subject of German collective memory, which has been shaped by the experience of Nazism, World War II, and the Holocaust. This title follows the evolution of German 'memory landscapes' all the way from national unification in 1870-71 through the world wars and political division to reunification in 1990. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 368 pages, 52 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; AM; GTB; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520217683
ISBN
9780520217683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.76
€ 49.44

Paperback. Based on close reading of historical documents - poetry as much as statistics - and focused on the conceptualization of technology, this book is an unconventional evocation of late colonial Netherlands East Indies (today Indonesia). It invents a way to talk about freedom, colonialism, nationalism, literature, revolution, and human nature. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMN; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691091624
ISBN
9780691091624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 46.81

Paperback. Provides a comprehensive introduction to and resource for cinema of the "Maghreb". This book examines the political and cultural context of the films and the film industry in the post-independence era. It includes a dictionary of more than 135 North African filmmakers and a chronological filmography. Num Pages: 304 pages, 33 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1HB; APF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217448
ISBN
9780253217448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. An eloquent ethnographic account of the beliefs and experiences of young, middle-class, urban Iranians who have grown up in the period since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution Num Pages: 304 pages, 24 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337218
ISBN
9780822337218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. Has anyone ever worked harder and longer at being immature than novelist Philip Roth? This book examines Roth's 'mature immaturity' in its depth and richness. It lets readers to reconsider the narrow categories into which Roth has often been slotted - laureate of Newark, New Jersey; junior partner in the firm Salinger, Bellow, Mailer, and Malamud. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138435
ISBN
9780691138435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.55

paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; GTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816637270
ISBN
9780816637270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 32. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740449
ISBN
9780804740449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.15

Hardback. Analyses the ZANU-PF in Zimbabwe, SWAPO in Namibia and the ANC in South Africa and to what extent their promises of democracy have been effected in government. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1HFM; GTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 838.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010667
ISBN
9781847010667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804832953
ISBN
9780804832953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.95

Paperback. Offers a chronology and orientation of the United States mixed with scholarly insight. This book is a timeline: it organises the political, social, literary, and cultural events of each year of the twentieth century, plus the beginning of the 21st century, with short essays suggesting how these many events fit into larger patterns. Num Pages: 151 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
151
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776742508
ISBN
9788776742508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.71

Paperback. Celebrates the 40th anniversary of the journal "American Studies in Scandinavia", which began publication in 1967. This book is an invitation to develop a dialogue across the Atlantic. Editor(s): Nye, David E. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776742522
ISBN
9788776742522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.05

paperback. Editor(s): Bruchhaus, Eva-Maria. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 1HFGE; 1HFGS; GTB; JH; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Lit Verlag
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783825868352
ISBN
9783825868352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.64

Paperback. A guide to contemporary approaches to studying Ireland in the nineteenth century. Editor(s): Geary, Laurence M.; Kelleher, Margaret. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; GTB; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558286
ISBN
9781904558286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. This book offers a nuanced understanding of the contexts, culturally conditioned rationality, local networks, and innovation in contentious action across the Middle East and North Africa to give the reader a substantive understanding of events in the Arab world before and since 2011. Editor(s): Beinin, Joel; Vairel, Frederic. Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JHB; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804785693
ISBN
9780804785693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

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