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Regional studies

Paperback. An examination of visual art in post-independence Senegal. It explores the complex interplay of cultural nationalism, negotiations of postcolonial identity, and an emergent artistic modernism. Highlighting the distinctive cultural history that shaped Sengalese modernism, it reveals its innovations, diversity, and dynamism. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 344 pages, 14 color photos, 78 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; ACXJ; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822333951
ISBN
9780822333951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. Series: Contradiction series. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 10. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816642847
ISBN
9780816642847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.24

Paperback. Documents the search for the origins of the iconic "femme fatale" who was depicted as a dangerous, depraved, and deadly woman. This book argues that the evolution of the femme fatale, with both literary and visual links to the biblical Eve figure, came as a response to increasing feminism and the desire by men to halt its spread. Num Pages: 360 pages, 126 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AC; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 181 x 20. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252073236
ISBN
9780252073236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.04

Paperback. Thompson shows how post-WWI Syrians and Lebanese mobilized to claim the terms of citizenship enjoyed in the European metropole. Colonial Citizens highlights gender as a central battlefield upon which the relative rights and obligations of states and citizens were established. Series: History & Society of the Modern Middle East. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 halftones; 4 color. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1FBS; GTB; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
15th Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231106610
ISBN
9780231106610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Explores literature by migrant writers which has emerged as a powerful medium for describing the ways in which global forces are experienced at the personal level Num Pages: notes, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1FMT; GTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9786162150500
ISBN
9786162150500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. A cultural history of European and Egyptian interest in ancient Egypt and its material culture, from the early nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDAE; GTB; HDD; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339922
ISBN
9780822339922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 280. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252062261
ISBN
9780252062261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.88

Paperback. This book is a history of the conflict-ridden privatization of communal land in the pueblo of Papantla, a Mexican Indian village transformed by the fast growth of vanilla production and exports in the second half of the 19th century. Num Pages: 408 pages, 21 tables, 7 figures, 2 illustrations, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; HBJK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758482
ISBN
9780804758482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. In 2001 the Chinese government announced that the precise location of Shangrila - a place that previously had existed only in fiction - had been identified in Zhongdian County, Yunnan. This book advances a view of landscapes as media of governance, representation, resistance, and examining how they are reshaping cultural economies. Editor(s): Yeh, Emily T.; Coggins, Chris. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993584
ISBN
9780295993584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.08

Paperback. The lively history of the Jewish quarter of Marrakesh and its complex ties to Morocco's Muslim population Series: Indiana Series in Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 b&w photos, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780253218636
ISBN
9780253218636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Reveals how citizens strategically imagine, produce, and critique a new moral economy in which the market and neoliberal logic are pre-eminent Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992235
ISBN
9780295992235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. A sequel to "50 Facts that Should Change the World", this work includes facts such as: there are half a million machine guns in Swiss homes; without Islam Europe would not exist; Europeans are genetically modified to consume more alcohol than rest of the world; Santa Claus lives in Greenland and he is broke; and Snails are fish according to EU. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0007790
ISBN
9781840467949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; GTB; HBJF1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784539733
ISBN
9781784539733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. Fifty years later, the murky circumstances and tragic symbolism of Patrice Lumumba's assassination trouble many people around the world. Emmanuel Gerard and Bruce Kuklick reveal a tangled web of international politics in which many people--black and white, well-meaning and ruthless, African, European, and American--bear responsibility for this crime. Num Pages: 252 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; HBJH; HBLW; HBTR; JPHC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725270
ISBN
9780674725270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 36.90

Hardback. This collection of twenty essays provides an unprecedented overview of Chinese trade through the centuries, highlighting its scope, diversity, complexity, and the commodities that have linked it with Southeast Asia. Editor(s): Tagliacozzo, Eric; Chang, Wen-Chin. Num Pages: 552 pages, 22 photos, 25 tables, 15 maps, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; JHM; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 162 x 41. Weight in Grams: 904.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348818
ISBN
9780822348818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.59

Paperback. A study of the Ellis Island museum, its gift shop, and the Statue of Liberty form the basis of reflections on sex, nation, and immigration Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFC; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822335917
ISBN
9780822335917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Bruno Walter, one of the twentieth century's greatest conductors, lived a fascinating life in difficult times. This book is a biography of Walter. It tells of Walter's close friendship with Gustav Mahler, his relations with Thomas Mann and his family, and his romantic involvement with the soprano Delia Reinhardt. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AVGC4; BGF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803290082
ISBN
9780803290082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Interspersed with poems and songs, this novel takes its readers over vast distances across China, to the heavens, and into the underworld. It uses colourful characters, twists of plot, and witty dialogue to convey its religious message - that worldly life is ephemeral and that true contentment can be found only through Daoist cultivation. Translator(s): Clart, Philip. Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: 504 pages, 31 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; DNF; FC; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987255
ISBN
9780295987255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.75

Hardback. Emptiness and Temporality is an account of classical Japanese poetics that takes its starting point in the two Buddhist concepts of emptiness (J. ku) and temporality (mujo) that ground the medieval understanding of poetry, and examines their affinity with contemporary Western theory, particularly Derridean differance and deconstruction. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1F; DSC; GTB; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804748889
ISBN
9780804748889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.89

Paperback. An ethnographic analysis of the ways that, during the 1990s, Turkish citizens began to express nostalgia for the secularist and nationalist foundations of the Turkish Republic. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1DVP; 1F; GTB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338956
ISBN
9780822338956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

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