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Paperback. A vivid and provocative look at how the world gets Africa wrong, and how a resurgent Africa is forcing us to think again - updated with a new preface for the paperback Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 x 8pp colour plates & maps. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780226859
ISBN
9781780226859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. This book reveals how ethnicity and notions of a traditional homeland interact in shaping a community's values and images through a close look at the Kazakhs of Mongolia. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804761918
ISBN
9780804761918
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.62

paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; GTB; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608463244
ISBN
9781608463244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.56

Hardcover. The essays in this collection entertain the question of how scholars may reconfigure "area-based knowledge" to respond to social sciences and globalization. The authors demonstrate that local knowledge is vital to understanding rapidly changing global patterns. Editor(s): Mirsepassi, Ali; Basu, Amrita; Weaver, Frederick S. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: GTB; JFFS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629634
ISBN
9780815629634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.49

Paperback. Situating the ginans - a large corpus of hymns and poems - in the larger context of Sufi, Bhakti and Sant poetry in medieval India, the author explores their history, characteristics, themes and prosody, as well as the unique Khojki script in which they were recorded. Series: Ismaili Heritage Series. Num Pages: 212 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; DSC; GTB; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 214 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860648281
ISBN
9781860648281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.60

Hardback. Upending many of our assumptions about American culture since the 1950s, this text particularly focuses on the notion that the '60s represented a total rupture and that the '70s marked the end of meaningful change. The essays map an alternative history of American culture from the '50s to the '90s. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; GTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231106702
ISBN
9780231106702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.68

Hardback. A dictionary of people, places, events and facts about Djibouti. This is not a history book but a reading grid for historical items that have shaped and are still shaping this young country. This is a tool for understanding the landmarks that comprise Djibouti's historical identity. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Africa. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 map, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1HFGD; GTB; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810838734
ISBN
9780810838734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.67

Paperback. An interpretive history of the way competing ideas of reproduction as a biological and sexual process became central to the organization of knowledge about the flow of capital, labor power, human bodies, and babies both within nations and across national borders Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822333159
ISBN
9780822333159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

paperback. Examines the internal dynamics of the Palestinian political elite and their impact on the struggle to establish a Palestinian state. This book argues that the Fatah leadership has attempted to mobilize social forces, local secular-nationalist and Islamist movements, while undermining their ability to develop independent power structures. Series: Indiana Series in Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217738
ISBN
9780253217738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.91

Paperback. The author was a young writer living in Miami when Levi's hired her to travel through Latin American, befriending teenagers and reporting back with details of their ideas, hopes, fears and aspirations. This book is a humane portrait of this elusive continent in crisis - riddled with paradox, complexity, beauty and brutality. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFFS; KJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Ebury Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0005914
ISBN
9780091900847
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7+ tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QFG; GTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843310686
ISBN
9781843310686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.76

Paperback. A political account of the lives and struggles of British Asian women. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1F; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745318479
ISBN
9780745318479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.13

Hardcover. Deconstructs stereotypes and cultural assumptions made by non- South Asians and South Asians alike Num Pages: 26 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBJK; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992440
ISBN
9780295992440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.12

Paperback. Explores how social and economic changes to Chinese society create various cultural values and forms of inequality. This book examines changes to a particular set of jobs - service work, in this case salesclerk work - and the nature of the social interactions involved. It shows how change involves unequal relations between clerks and customers. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 tables, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758376
ISBN
9780804758376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Hardback. This book shows how department stores and marketplaces in China have become important sites where Chinese people understand, and perform, unequal social relations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 tables, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758369
ISBN
9780804758369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.81

Paperback. Born in colonial India into a despised caste of former tree climbers, Ayya lost his mother as a child and came of age in a small town in lowland Burma. Forced to flee at the outbreak of World War II, he returned to southern India after a treacherous 1,700-mile journey by rail, boat, bullock cart, and foot. Num Pages: 232 pages, 17 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 359.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253012500
ISBN
9780253012500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.02

Paperback. Maltese settlers in colonial Algeria had never lived in France, but as French citizens were abruptly "repatriated" there after Algerian independence in 1962. This study provides insight into race, ethnicity, and nationalism in Europe as well as cultural context for understanding political trends in contemporary France. Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b&w photos, 4 maps, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DSM; 1HBA; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218568
ISBN
9780253218568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Suitable for those interested in cultural studies, film and video studies, American studies, twentieth century history, German studies, rhetoric, and sexuality studies, this book investigates the influence of images of Nazism on debates about sexuality that are central to contemporary American political rhetoric. Num Pages: 384 pages, 21 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; GTE; JFC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822326939
ISBN
9780822326939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

paperback. When the Berlin wall fell and the reunification of Germany began, Willy Brandt predicted that 'what belongs together will now grow together.'This study of Berlin's police force in the aftermath of reunification shows that forty years of separation left the nation with deep rifts. Num Pages: 383 pages, 16 halftones, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; GTB; HBJD; HBLW3; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
383
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226297842
ISBN
9780226297842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.40

Hardback. Editor(s): Lamorena, Andreo. Num Pages: 303 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; JFFS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781614703280
ISBN
9781614703280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.72
€ 156.76

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