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Paperback. Argues that the creation of such "desiring subjects" is at the core of China's contingent, piece-by-piece reconfiguration of its relationship to a post-socialist, neo-liberal-dominated world. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339472
- ISBN
- 9780822339472
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.56
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€ 27.56
Paperback. In 1892, in the broad daylight of downtown Memphis, Tennessee, a middle class woman named Alice Mitchell slashed the throat of her lover, Freda Ward, killing her instantly. Local, national, and international newspapers, medical and scientific publications, and popular fiction writers all clamoured to cover the ensuing "girl lovers" murder trial. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; GTB; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822326175
- ISBN
- 9780822326175
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Hardcover. Using various sources, including diaries and letters, this book contributes to the study of Gertrude Bell's colourful life - exploring the personal passions, desires and relationships that drove her - and to an understanding of the background behind the creation of modern Iraq. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJ; BGH; GTB; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850434153
- ISBN
- 9781850434153
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Condition: New
€ 65.13€ 59.81
€ 65.13
€ 59.81
Paperback. National Geographic magazine is an American popular culture icon that, since its founding in 1888, has been on a nonstop tour classifying and cataloguing the peoples of the world. This title provides an insightful and alternative interpretation of National Geographic. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JJ; GTB; JFC; JFSL; WT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781566397520
- ISBN
- 9781566397520
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.05
€ 35.99
€ 33.05
Paperback. Examines the diasporic and transnational aspects of Asian-American literature and engages works of prose and poetry as aesthetic articulations of the fluid transnational identities formed by Asian-American writers. Editor(s): Lim, Shirley; Gamber, John Blair; Sohn, Stephen Hong; Valentino, Gina. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134519
- ISBN
- 9781592134519
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.94
€ 34.99
€ 31.94
Paperback. Featuring a wealth of case-study material and insights from leading experts in the field, this highly original volume forces an important re-think in a contentious area of African politics and development. Editor(s): Laakso, Liisa; Hautaniemi, Petri. Series: Africa Now. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; GTB; GTJ; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783600977
- ISBN
- 9781783600977
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.69
€ 35.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. Lively account of how Irish Studies has developed over the past 20 years covering key themes from religion to media and cultural geography. Editor(s): Harte, Liam; Whelan, Dr Yvonne. Series: Contemporary Irish Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 photographs, 1 cartoon. BIC Classification: 1DBR; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340. 8vo. Very good copy. First edition. . Irish Politics and Politicans. 20th Century Ireland.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0310312
- ISBN
- 9780745321851
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Hardback. Lively account of how Irish Studies has developed over the past 20 years covering key themes from religion to media and cultural geography. Editor(s): Harte, Liam; Whelan, Dr Yvonne. Series: Contemporary Irish Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 photographs, 1 cartoon. BIC Classification: 1DBR; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 433. Very good to like new, with just minor shelfwear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KMB0000120
- ISBN
- 9780745321868
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 27.03
€ 27.03
Paperback. Highlights the conflicts and debates that surrounded the 1952 celebration of the 300th anniversary of the landing of Jan Van Riebeeck and the founding of Cape Town, South Africa. This title reveals the expectations of the festival planners and how the festival was engineered and the ANC and other non-Europeans mounted opposition to it. Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 17 b&w photos, 3 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; GTB; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216137
- ISBN
- 9780253216137
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Prostitution in Thailand has been the subject of media sensationalism for decades. This work explores how Thai national identity in the global economy is linked to prostitution and gender, and how certain images of "the prostitute" have silenced discourses of prostitution as work. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; GTB; JFMX; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774808736
- ISBN
- 9780774808736
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.36
€ 40.99
€ 36.36
Hardback. Prostitution in Thailand has been the subject of media sensationalism for decades. This work explores how Thai national identity in the global economy is linked to prostitution and gender, and how certain images of "the prostitute" have silenced discourses of prostitution as work. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; GTB; JFMX; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774808729
- ISBN
- 9780774808729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.65
€ 113.65
Paperback. Leoti L West (1851-1933) left her Iowa home to teach at a school in Washington Territory. Undertaking the two-week journey alone, the young teacher arrived in a Northwest that was still very much a pioneer territory. This book details her teaching career. Num Pages: 277 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803298583
- ISBN
- 9780803298583
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.81
€ 19.99
€ 19.81
Paperback. Focuses on large and problematic groups from Western Europe's past (the Irish in the United Kingdom, the Poles in Germany, and the Italians in France) and demonstrates a number of structural similarities in the way migrants and their descendants integrated into these nation states. Series: Studies of World Migrations. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; HBJD1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072949
- ISBN
- 9780252072949
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Hardcover. Studying the construction of Irish national identity from the early eighteenth until the mid-nineteenth centuries, this book focuses on how texts concerning Irish music, and the social settings within which those texts emerged, contributed to the imagining of Ireland as "the Land of Song." Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; AVGH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025779
- ISBN
- 9780268025779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.53
€ 133.53
Paperback. Asks what happens when perpetrators publicly admit or discuss their actions. This book contends that public confessions do not settle the past. It argues that this debate and the public confessions that trigger it are healthy for democratic processes of political participation, freedom of expression, and contestation of political ideas. Series: The Cultures and Practice of Violence. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; GTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340829
- ISBN
- 9780822340829
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.67
€ 32.99
€ 29.67
paperback. A cultural history of the political legitimization of youth rebellion during the Cold War era Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 400 pages, 37 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 29. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822336921
- ISBN
- 9780822336921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardcover. Editor(s): Surit, Lea M. Num Pages: 177 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 181 x 18. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600218132
- ISBN
- 9781600218132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.19€ 132.58
€ 194.19
€ 132.58
Paperback. Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island's politicians, the posses began migrating to the United States in the early 1980's, just in time to catch and ride the crack wave as it engulfed the country. This title examines the issues from a British and Jamaican perspective. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFE; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 22. Weight in Grams: 212. A Journey Through the Yardie Underworld. 288 pages. Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island's politicians, the posses began migrating to the United States in the early 1980's, just in time to catch and ride the crack wave as it engulfed the country. This title examines the issues from a British and Jamaican perspective. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFE; JKVM. Dimension: 179 x 114 x 22. Weight: 244.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841953861
- ISBN
- 9781841953861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.54
€ 15.99
€ 11.54
Paperback. Missionary work, arising from a sense of pity, helped convince the British that they were a benevolent people. Stevens relates this to the rise of the cult of sensibility, when philosophers argued that humans were inherently good because they felt sorrow at the sign of suffering. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219678
- ISBN
- 9780812219678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. An insight into the meaning and value of popular forms of expression during a time of political and social change in East Africa. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219121
- ISBN
- 9780253219121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29