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Regional studies

Hardback. Provides information on the Native American groups indigenous to the area that is now San Diego County. All aspects of history and culture are covered, including language and linguistics, arts, agriculture, hunting, religion, mythology, music, political and social structures, dwellings, clothing, and medicinal practices. Series: Native American Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 maps, drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBCR; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810833258
ISBN
9780810833258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.80

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992556
ISBN
9780295992556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.37

Hardback. Analyzes how and why museums emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. This work argues that, rather than directly emulating post-Enlightenment museums of Western Europe, Ottoman elites produced categories of collection and modes of display appropriate to framing a new identity for the empire in the modern era. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDT; 3JH; GM; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602. Museums, Archaeology and the Visualization of History in the Late Ottoman Empire. Series: Ahmanson-Murphy Fine Arts Book S. 280 pages, 43 b&w photographs, 2 maps. Analyzes how and why museums emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. This work argues that, rather than directly emulating post-Enlightenment museums of Western Europe, Ottoman elites produced categories of collection and modes of display appropriate to framing a new identity for the empire in the modern era. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDT; 3JH; GM; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520233355
ISBN
9780520233355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 64.45

Paperback. .
Publisher
World Century
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781938134739
ISBN
9781938134739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.79

Hardback. This book is a comprehensive study of faithful maidenhood in late imperial China from the vantage points of state policy, local history, scholarly debate, and the faithful maiden's own subjective point of view. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 tables, 16 figures, 5 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758086
ISBN
9780804758086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.38

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, tables. BIC Classification: GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 183 x 23. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600217913
ISBN
9781600217913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.57
€ 140.48

Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; GTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 186 x 19. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594546006
ISBN
9781594546006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.18
€ 125.25

Paperback. A groundbreaking history of the role of science and medicine in the American colonization of the Philippines from 1898 through the 1930s. Num Pages: 368 pages, 46 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1K; GTB; JHBA; MMRT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338437
ISBN
9780822338437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Cohen charts the course of cultural, intellectual, economic, and political developments in East Asia-particularly China and Japan-from the beginning of recorded time to the present day and examines such events as the rise and fall of key dynasties, the ascendance of the British empire, and the development of democracy in Asia. Num Pages: 528 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FP; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231101097
ISBN
9780231101097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Editor(s): Ward, Brian; Badger, Tony. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; HBJK; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814792964
ISBN
9780814792964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816636051
ISBN
9780816636051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.28

Paperback. Offers free verse translations of 75 lyric poems from the mid-fourteenth to the early twentieth centuries, along with the Ottoman Turkish texts and photographs of many of the original manuscripts. This volume also includes biographies of the poets, and background information on Ottoman history and literature. Editor(s): Andrews, Walter G.; Black, Najaat; Kalpakli, Mehmet. Series: Publications on the Near East. Num Pages: 392 pages, 40 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1F; 1QDT; DC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Expanded ed.
SKU
V9780295985954
ISBN
9780295985954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. A geo-political manifesto which questions the idea of Latinity as a sole name for the South American subcontinent. Charts the history of the concept of Latinity from its emergence in Europe under France's leadership through to the present day. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405100861
ISBN
9781405100861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.77

Hardback. A geo-political manifesto which questions the idea of Latinity as a sole name for the South American subcontinent. Charts the history of the concept of Latinity from its emergence in Europe under France's leadership through to the present day. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405100854
ISBN
9781405100854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.82

Paperback. Early Photography and the Making of African American Identity. 408 pages, 71 photographs. Editor(s): Wallace, Maurice O.; Smith, Shawn Michelle. Brings to light the wide-ranging practices of early African American photography, as well as the effects of photography on racialized thinking. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; GTB; JFC; JHMP. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 29. Weight: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350859
ISBN
9780822350859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252065392
ISBN
9780252065392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.06

Hardcover. Editor(s): Kossew, Sue; Schwerdt, Dianne. Series: Horizons in Post-Colonial Studies. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590331002
ISBN
9781590331002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.87
€ 65.38

Paperback. A collection of English-language readings on Japan. Containing materials on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion, this book features an introduction to Japanese civilization. It covers the Tokugawa period to 1868 and addresses the spread of neo-Confucianism and Buddhism and the initial encounters of Japan and the West. Editor(s): De Bary, William Theodore; Gluck, Carol; Tiedemann, Arthur E. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 672 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 948.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Abridged 2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139199
ISBN
9780231139199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.07

Paperback. A collection of English-language readings on Japan. Containing materials on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion, this text features an introduction to Japanese civilization. It also covers the Tokugawa period to 1868 and addresses the spread of neo-Confucianism and Buddhism and the encounters of Japan and the West. Editor(s): De Bary, William Theodore; Gluck, Carol; Tiedemann, Arthur E. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 908. 1600 to 1868. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. 648 pages. Editor(s): De Bary, William Theodore. A collection of English-language readings on Japan. Containing materials on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion, this text features an introduction to Japanese civilization. It also covers the Tokugawa period to 1868 and addresses the spread of neo-Confucianism and Buddhism and the encounters of Japan and the West. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 28. Weight: 902.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
648
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Abridged 2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139175
ISBN
9780231139175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 35.96

paperback. Series Editor(s): Umland, Andreas. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; JFC; JHB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
ibidem Germany
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838209029
ISBN
9783838209029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.36

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