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paperback. Contending that even at its best patriotism subverts the democracy it purports to value, this book turns to patriotism's defenders to show how they must jettison democracy to champion patriotism. Drawing from various aspects of American political and popular culture, this book presents examples to disclose patriotism's self-defeating character. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341109
ISBN
9780822341109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Insights from four decades of survey research in the Middle East Series: Indiana Series in Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223159
ISBN
9780253223159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

Paperback. An expanded and up-to-date edition of this classic history Series: Indiana Series in Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 1040 pages, 22 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HBJF1; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1536.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
1040
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220707
ISBN
9780253220707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.41

Hardcover. In the 19th century the great expeditionary photographers Chr(45) William Henry Jackson, T H O'Sullivan, and William Bell Chr(45) first photographed American western landscapes for the geological and geographical surveys. This book presents forty-three pairings documenting two periods of geologic and environmental changes. Num Pages: 238 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AJC; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 315 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1708.
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
238
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Har/DVD
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890134320
ISBN
9780890134320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.67
€ 56.87

Paperback. An introduction to religions in America since the Civil War, with the main focus on the twentieth century. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 256 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HRA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748613021
ISBN
9780748613021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardback. During Japan's colonial rule over Korea from 1910 until the end of World War II, Japan adopted assimilation as its administrative policy but was unable to integrate the Korean people as Japanese. This book traces the history of this policy to determine why Japan failed to attain its stated goals. Series: Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FPK; GTB; HBJF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989006
ISBN
9780295989006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.83

Paperback. During Japan's colonial rule over Korea from 1910 until the end of World War II, Japan adopted assimilation as its administrative policy but was unable to integrate the Korean people as Japanese. This book traces the history of this policy to determine why Japan failed to attain its stated goals. Series: Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FPK; GTB; HBJF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989013
ISBN
9780295989013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. The resurgent role of religion in post-Soviet Russia and Eurasia Editor(s): Steinberg, Mark D.; Wanner, Catherine. Num Pages: 344 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220387
ISBN
9780253220387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.33

Paperback. The River Rhine is Europe's important commercial waterway, channeling the flow of trade among Switzerland, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. This study focuses on the river from the moment when the Congress of Vienna established a multinational commission charged with making the river more efficient for purposes of trade and commerce in 1815. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTB; HBJD; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985008
ISBN
9780295985008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Through research and interviews Castle examines the causes and consequences of Poland's collapse as a communist state and explores how today's leaders confront some of the legacies of transition. Series: The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series. Num Pages: 258 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: 1DVP; GTB; JPFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742525146
ISBN
9780742525146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.02

Paperback. This book examines how a community of urban Chinese Muslims-residents of the old Muslim district in the ancient Chinese capital of Xi'an-uses consumption to position its members more favorably within the Chinese government's official paradigm for development. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746854
ISBN
9780804746854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. This book looks at how indigenous peoples in various contexts have thought about, and responded to, the pressures that globalization has on their cultural, political, and geographical autonomy. Editor(s): Blaser, Mario; Costa, Ravi de; McGregor, Deborah; Coleman, William D. Series: Globalization and Autonomy Series. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774817936
ISBN
9780774817936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.34

Paperback. An autobiography that tells the intertwining stories of one of Russia's best-known documentary filmmakers - Marina Goldovskaya - and the eventful half century of Russian history she has recorded. It describes a host of notable figures in Russian film, theater, art, and politics, as well as the technological evolution of filmmaking. Translator(s): Bouis, Antonina W. Series: Constructs Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 64 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; APFA; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292713437
ISBN
9780292713437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. Imagines Cuba's future after the "poof moment" - when the current regime will no longer exist. This volume does not try to predict how and when the Castro regime will end, but instead considers the possible consequences of change. Each chapter takes up a basic issue: politics, the military, the legal system, civil society, and US-Cuba relations. Editor(s): Perez-Stable, Marifeli. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; GTB; JFC; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268038915
ISBN
9780268038915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Oregon had the second largest Chinese population in the United States. In terms of geographical coverage, Portland's two Chinatowns were the largest in all of North America. This title chronicles the history of Portland's Chinatowns from their early beginnings in the 1850s until the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act in the 1940s. Num Pages: 352 pages, 64 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295983837
ISBN
9780295983837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.67

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988191
ISBN
9780295988191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. This ethnography explores the links between a violent historical and political legacy, and the production of secrecy in everyday material culture. The focus is on Mende-speaking southeastern Sierra Leone and the surrounding region. Num Pages: 299 pages, 6 b/w photos, 3 line figures. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTB; HBJH; HBLW; JFC; JHMP; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520225435
ISBN
9780520225435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.38

Hardback. Series: Global Diversities. Num Pages: 254 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFFN; JFSG; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137521835
ISBN
9781137521835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

Paperback. Chicago's Southwest Side is one of the last remaining footholds for the city's white working class, a little-studied and little-understood segment of the American population. This book paints a complex portrait of the working-class community known as Beltway. Num Pages: 217 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; GTB; JFSC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
217
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520235434
ISBN
9780520235434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.11

paperback. Argues that crucial twentieth-century revolutionary challenges to colonialism and capitalism in the Americas have failed to resist - and in fact have been constitutively related to - the very developmentalist narratives that have justified and naturalized post-war capitalism. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFC; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331667
ISBN
9780822331667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.78

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