Regional studies
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Regional studies
Hardcover. This work chronicles the history of Hungary, from its ancient origins to its current affairs. Designed with an accessible text, for both students and the general reader, it provides an overview of the everyday life, politics, culture, economy, and foreign policy that characterize the nation. Series: Nations in Transition. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 b&w photos and illus; 1 map; index; bibliog; chronology. BIC Classification: 1DVH; GTB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 240 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Facts on File
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816050819
- ISBN
- 9780816050819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.75
€ 51.99
€ 43.75
Paperback. This text aims to fill a gap in the field of middle eastern political studies by combining international relations theory with concrete case studies. It should be of benefit to students of middle eastern politics, international relations and comparative politics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719053467
- ISBN
- 9780719053467
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.23
€ 29.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. Provides an account of the situation of the Arab population of Israel: their political and electoral ambitions, their extended families/tribes, their lands, their political personalities, their society, and their hopes for the future. This book examines the political changes that have taken place in the Israeli Arab community. Num Pages: 277 pages, tables, charts & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192679
- ISBN
- 9781845192679
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.02
€ 30.99
€ 28.02
Paperback. Discusses how Chinese conceptions of nationalism were affected by the "discovery" of Hawaii as a centre of the Pacific, the Philippine revolution against the United States, and the relationship between nationality and ethnicity made apparent by the Boer War in South Africa. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328674
- ISBN
- 9780822328674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.25
€ 33.99
€ 30.25
Paperback. Provides a biography of Anna Pankratova, a woman from Odessa who became a leading labour historian and academic administrator in the Soviet Union, from the 1920s to her death. This work portrays her as a victim and a victimizer. It also includes excerpts from two Soviet texts. One of them is her historic speech on the menace of Stalinist legacies. Series: Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985206
- ISBN
- 9780295985206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.00
€ 29.99
€ 27.00
Paperback. Presents a dialogue between Western and Middle Eastern women. This collection provides substantial extracts from Ottoman, Egyptian and British and American writers - each with a biographical and literary introduction - that trace the development of an intellectual, personal and critical dialogue between women. Num Pages: 296 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; DNF; GTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860649578
- ISBN
- 9781860649578
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.30
€ 35.99
€ 30.30
Hardback. Japan has consistently been pursuing the goal of a permanent UN Security Council seat for 30 years. This book investigates the motives for this ambition, and how it has been pursued domestically and internationally. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; JPSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333699386
- ISBN
- 9780333699386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.55
€ 186.55
Hardback. In this book, an applicative model of complex urban interventions is presented. Based on a literature review, the model integrates different forms of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). Case studies of different European urban centres are explored. Num Pages: 244 pages, 14 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; RGCM; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1190.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540705116
- ISBN
- 9783540705116
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Condition: New
€ 127.01
€ 127.01
Hardcover. Addresses the topic of urban models with reference to large western cities and particularly to global cities. This title focuses on two principal urban models (renewal and restructuring) through PPPs and subsequently the relationship between state and market in fourteen Italian cities (renewal) and two central European cities. Num Pages: 270 pages, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; RGCM; RGL; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540705079
- ISBN
- 9783540705079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.48
€ 123.48
Paperback. Disputes the notion that the north is a source of distinct collective identity for Canadians. Through a synthesis of critical, historical, and theoretical approaches to northern subjects in literary studies, this title challenges the epistemology used to support this idea. Series: McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773522282
- ISBN
- 9780773522282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.09
€ 41.09
Hardback. Securitizing Immigration deals with the growing concern for immigration as a matter of security at the EU level. It combines an analysis of the way bureaucratic and political processes have interacted in the integration process with an analysis of how these practices are located in a context shaped by the preoccupation with risk. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFFN; JPA; JPSN2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 226 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230200067
- ISBN
- 9780230200067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. Most Native Americans in the United States live in cities, where many find themselves caught in a bind, neither afforded the rights granted US citizens nor allowed access to the tribal programs and resources. This book investigates how urban Native Americans negotiate what the author argues is, in effect, a transnational existence. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340300
- ISBN
- 9780822340300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.16
€ 31.99
€ 29.16
Report on World Innovation Competitiveness Development (2001-2012)
Report On World Innovation Competitivene
hardcover.
- Publisher
- Paths International Ltd. United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844642397
- ISBN
- 9781844642397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.74€ 69.20
€ 75.74
€ 69.20
Paperback. Offers a detailed ethnographic portrait of an African American boys' high school basketball team in an urban area in the South Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; JHBS; WSJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795965
- ISBN
- 9780814795965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.49
€ 34.99
€ 31.49
Paperback. A collection of essays which use critical theory to reflect on issues pertaining to modern Chinese literature and culture. It addresses topics such as 20th-century literature produced in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China; film, art, history, popular culture, and literary and cultural criticism and the geographies of migration and diaspora. Editor(s): Chow, Rey. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822325970
- ISBN
- 9780822325970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.38
€ 33.99
€ 30.38
Paperback. Focuses on a number of religious practices across the Buddhist world, from Sri Lanka to New York, Japan to Tibet. This work provides a historical overview and briefly characterizes the three major variants of Buddhist tradition. It also takes note of a distinctive form of Buddhism that is emerging among non-Asian practitioners in the West. Editor(s): Reynolds, Frank E.; Carbine, Jason A. Series: The Life of Religion S. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HRE; HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338. Series: The Life of Religion S. 240 pages, 15 b&w photographs. Editor(s): Reynolds, Frank E.; Carbine, Jason A. Focuses on a number of religious practices across the Buddhist world, from Sri Lanka to New York, Japan to Tibet. This work provides a historical overview and briefly characterizes the three major variants of Buddhist tradition. It also takes note of a distinctive form of Buddhism that is emerging among non-Asian practitioners in the West. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HRE; HRLM. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223370
- ISBN
- 9780520223370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.42
€ 33.99
€ 24.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar; Thai, Hung Cam; Silvey, Rachel. Num Pages: 338 pages, 3. BIC Classification: GTB; JFMX; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 175 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822368465
- ISBN
- 9780822368465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.23
€ 16.23
Paperback. This collection of essays examines the worldwide dispersal of Asian populations and links these seemingly disparate movements through the category of Asian diasporas. Editor(s): Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar; Siu, Lok. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFF; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752442
- ISBN
- 9780804752442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.16
€ 31.99
€ 29.16
Hardback. Ethnographic Perspectives. 290 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Vokes, Richard. Gives an ethnographic account of the complexities of the use of photography in Africa, both historically and in contemporary practice. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1H; AJ; GTB. Dimension: 254 x 183 x 26. Weight: 876.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010452
- ISBN
- 9781847010452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.37
€ 84.37
Paperback. This work explores the ways in which Nazi Germany used art and media to portray their country as a champion of Kultur and civilisation. Revealing how multiple domains of cultural activity served to conceptually de-humanize Jews, this work shows how the seeds of the Holocaust were sown Editor(s): Etlin, Richard A. Num Pages: 368 pages, 62 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; AB; GTB; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226220871
- ISBN
- 9780226220871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.57
€ 46.99
€ 36.57