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Regional studies

Paperback. Examines the link between the "Chinese question" and the "Negro problem" in nineteenth-century America. This work demonstrates that the anti-Chinese sentiment that led up to the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is inseparable from the racial double standards applied by mainstream white society toward white and nonwhite groups. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1H; 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780252073519
ISBN
9780252073519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.16

Hardback. This investigation of the economy and cultural politics of Sensoji shows that its culture of prayer and play reflected changes taking place in Tokugawa Japan, particularly in the city of Edo. The book provides a cultural critique of conventional scholarship on Tokugawa religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 line illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HRKN; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674002401
ISBN
9780674002401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.30

paperback. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071911
ISBN
9780252071911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.95

Paperback. The majority of undergraduates at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - including a large population of Korean American students - come from nearby metropolitan Chicago. This book explores the tensions between liberal ideals and the particularities of race, family, and community in the contemporary university. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; JHM; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346159
ISBN
9780822346159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.80

Hardcover. This work chronicles South Korea's experience of rapid development. It captures the mood and language of a generation and an era while providing a window on the personal and social struggles of South Korean modernity. Num Pages: 376 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 689.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824825966
ISBN
9780824825966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.27
€ 66.16

Hardback. In an increasingly diverse social environment, misunderstandings often arise between practitioners in helping professions and clients from different backgrounds. This work investigates the culturally specific beliefs and child-rearing practices of five racial/ethnic groups in America. Editor(s): Webb, Nancy Boyd. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSL; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231118187
ISBN
9780231118187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.29

Hardback. An insightful history of Italian immigrants' personal experience of language in America Series: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; GTB; HBJK; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252034039
ISBN
9780252034039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.98

Paperback. This collection of essays drawn from a range of disciplines explores American paranoia and the continuum of fear that has centred on enemies real and imagined in American culture. Contributors examine areas such as theoretical constructions of fear, racial discrimination and religious intolerance. Editor(s): Schultz, Nancy Lusignan (Professor of English, Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts, USA). Num Pages: 456 pages, notes, bibliography, index, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; JFC; JHM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557531155
ISBN
9781557531155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.39

Hardcover. This collection of essays drawn from a range of disciplines explores American paranoia and the continuum of fear that has centred on enemies real and imagined in American culture. Contributors examine areas such as theoretical constructions of fear, racial discrimination and religious intolerance. Num Pages: 456 pages, notes, bibliography, index, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; JFC; JHM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557531148
ISBN
9781557531148
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Explores the role of gender on both the home and fighting fronts in Eastern Europe during the First and Second World Wars. This book includes themes such as: the ways in which wartime experiences challenge traditional gender roles; post-war restoration of gender order; collaboration and resistance; the body; and memory and commemoration. Editor(s): Wingfield, Nancy M.; Bucur-Deckard, Maria. Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; GTB; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 14. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218445
ISBN
9780253218445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.08

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Crocker Art Museum United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781884038242
ISBN
9781884038242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. Presents a revisionist interpretation of US-Saudi relations and OPEC's significance. This book examines the relationship between President Eisenhower and King Sa'ud in the context of the transition from British imperial hegemony to an American capitalist order in the Middle East. It interprets the foundations of US-Middle East policy. Series: Indiana Series in Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, 8 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; GTB; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222206
ISBN
9780253222206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.16

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 694.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474416979
ISBN
9781474416979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.56

Hardback. In the 1950s Sinhalese linguistic nationalism precipitated a situation in which the movement to replace English as the main language and replace with it with Sihala and Tamil was abandoned and Sinhala alone became the official language. This work looks at the subsequent outcome this had. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKS; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804749237
ISBN
9780804749237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.73

Hardback. This book explores legal mobilization, culture, and institutions in contemporary China from a perspective informed by 'law and society' scholarship. Editor(s): Diamant, Neil Jeffrey; Lubman, Stanley B.; O'Brien, Kevin J. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 figures, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750486
ISBN
9780804750486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252064418
ISBN
9780252064418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.38

Hardcover. The articles in this economic history cover three large topics - land, trades and money. It is a view from the inside about economic realities of the Islamic lands, suggesting ways to understand economic history in a social and cultural context. Editor(s): Hanna, Nelly. Series: Islamic Mediterranean. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; 1QFM; GTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860646997
ISBN
9781860646997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.53
€ 133.93

Paperback. A tribute to the mixed hybrid and multicultural nature of Sri Lanka's society, which challenges assumptions of ethnic purity and attempts to recover a hidden history of hybridity. Num Pages: 192 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKS; GTB; JFC; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781842772034
ISBN
9781842772034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.36

Hardback. IN Series: SB - The Africa List. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423139
ISBN
9780857423139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.79

Hardcover. The theory and practice of Italian musical composition Series: Musical Meaning & Interpretation. Num Pages: 440 pages, 111 music exx. BIC Classification: 1DST; AVGC9; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253356260
ISBN
9780253356260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.92

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