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Regional studies
Paperback. Political and economic developments after the implosion of the Sovjet Union have not been easy, nor have outcomes been similar. This book traces the trajectories of political development in post-communist countries through cases from within the post-communist region that exhibit maximum variation in terms of both background variables and outcome. Editor(s): Johannsen, Lars; Pedersen, Karin Hilmer. Num Pages: 170 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; GTB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779344341
- ISBN
- 9788779344341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.10
€ 12.10
Paperback. In 1998, the Middle East Conflict celebrated its 50th anniversary, but still no final general settlement is in sight. The conflict has had a serious repercussions anywhere in the area conflict - including a damaging civil war in Lebanon. This book gives a study of the conflict from 1948-2005. Num Pages: 273 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: GTB; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 175 x 18. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776740498
- ISBN
- 9788776740498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.93
€ 36.99
€ 26.93
Paperback. Editor(s): Hughes, Langston; Santis, Christopher C. de. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252064746
- ISBN
- 9780252064746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.80
€ 24.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. Focuses on a set of contemporary paintings in the traditional technique by the Nepalese artist Romio Shrestha and his assistants in Kathmandu. Editor(s): Williamson, Laila; Young, Serinity (American Museum of Natural History, USA). Num Pages: 248 pages, 88 color illus. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBP; AJC; GTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 304 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988696
- ISBN
- 9780295988696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 43.98
€ 49.99
€ 43.98
Hardcover. Num Pages: 567 pages, Ill.(some col.).figs.tabs.M. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JM; GBCY; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260. . 4to. Very good copy.First edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- BMF Business Services
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KEX0287760
- ISBN
- 9780953767250
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. Tracing the history of Western and Arab fascination with Egypt through spurious hunts for lost civilizations and the new economic disparities brought about by the oil industry, this title describes the ways in which moments of cultural contact, driven by tourism and labour migration, become eye-opening opportunities for defining self and other. Num Pages: 296 pages, 49 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1F; 1HBE; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292717022
- ISBN
- 9780292717022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.53
€ 31.99
€ 30.53
Paperback. Where did American literature start? The familiar story of Emerson and Thoreau has them setting up shop in Concord, Massachusetts, and determining the course of American writing. This title overhauls this story of origins as it shifts the context for these literary giants from the civilized East to the wide-open spaces of the Louisiana Purchase. Num Pages: 213 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 2ABM; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press California
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520231856
- ISBN
- 9780520231856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.73
€ 33.99
€ 24.73
Paperback. Offers a critique of discourse about African music. This work offers a look at the history of African music scholarship. It offers an alternative "Afro-centric" means of understanding African music, and in doing so, describes a different mode of creativity beyond the usual provenance of Western criticism. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AVA; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415943901
- ISBN
- 9780415943901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.80
€ 60.80
paperback. Presents an account of how Chinese are being smuggled into the United States, and what happens to the people who risk their lives to reach Gold Mountain. This book shows how the problem of human smuggling will continue for as long as China's citizens are deprived of fundamental human rights and economic security. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 221 pages, 24 tables, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; GTB; JFFN; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397339
- ISBN
- 9781566397339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.36
€ 32.99
€ 32.36
Hardback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; GTB; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 34. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761810971
- ISBN
- 9780761810971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.89
€ 166.89
Paperback. How Soviet citizens in the 1920s and 1930s internalized Soviet ways of looking at the world and living their everyday lives. Editor(s): Kiaer, Christina; Naiman, Eric. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 b&w photographs, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217929
- ISBN
- 9780253217929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. By revealing the ways in which the state and communities dealt with the Great Depression in Japan, this study brings us closer to a comparative, grassroots perspective on how average men and women addressed some of modernity's fundamental questions. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 512 pages, 3 maps, 9 line drawings, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012776
- ISBN
- 9780674012776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.21
€ 27.99
€ 24.21
Num Pages: 216 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560728436
- ISBN
- 9781560728436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 109.36€ 75.47
€ 109.36
€ 75.47
Hardback. Details London's growth from its foundations in Roman times to one of the world's pre-eminent financial, commercial and cultural capitals. Entries cover general themes such as immigration and health care, as well as specific topics like historic buildings, financial institutions, and transport. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Cities, States, and Regions. Num Pages: 688 pages, 12 illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; GBC; GTB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 40. Weight in Grams: 835.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840157
- ISBN
- 9780810840157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.34
€ 206.34
Paperback. A Marxist interpretation of Korean migrant workers struggles in Japan during the 1920s and 1930s. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 tables, 1 map, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPK; GTB; HBJF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344179
- ISBN
- 9780822344179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.19
€ 31.99
€ 30.19
Paperback. Since its founding in 1964 Tanzania has used music, dance and other cultural productions as ways of imagining and legitimizing the new nation. Focusing on the politics surrounding Swahili performance, Kelly Askew demonstrates the crucial role of popular culture in Tanzania's history. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 halftones, 5 maps, 4 line drawings, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 1M; ASZ; AVGE; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 74
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226029818
- ISBN
- 9780226029818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.57€ 43.70
€ 50.57
€ 43.70
Paperback. During Montana's early territorial years, 'criminal justice' was almost non-existent: a few towns had inadequate and chronically overcrowded jails, and occasional prisoners were sent east to the federal penitentiary in Detroit. This book provides the social history of the Montana Penitentiary, focusing on its early, formative years. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 illustrations, 14 charts. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press Washington
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227545
- ISBN
- 9780295984438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. The Shape of Elegance. 80 pages, 52 illustrations, 40 in colour. Inada Artist Frank Okada played a significant role in the modern art history of the Pacific Northwest. Born a Nisei in 1931, he was raised in Seattle's International District and throughout his life retained its influences and his vivid memories in his art. This title notes that Okada created a texture that brought light to a field of colour. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1K; ACXJ; GTB. Dimension: 228 x 254 x 6. Weight: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985664
- ISBN
- 9780295985664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.81
€ 36.81
Paperback. Examines the negotiations and controversies that took place during the planning and construction of The Dalles Dam and the profound impact the project had on both the Indian community of Celilo Village and the non-Indian town of The Dalles, intertwined with local concerns that affected the entire American West. Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; JFSL9; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 351.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985466
- ISBN
- 9780295985466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.58
€ 25.99
€ 22.58
Hardback. Examines the conceptualization and staging of race through the performance, sometimes coerced, of black dance from the slave ship to the minstrel stage. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1K; ASD; GTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252038259
- ISBN
- 9780252038259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.71
€ 125.71