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Hardback. Shows how the complex interplay of feminism, nationalism, empire, and modernity helped shape conceptions of the transpacific Filipina Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 2AB; DSBH; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822353003
ISBN
9780822353003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.83

Hardcover. This book contains 19 studies by leading experts in the field of Hungarian political, cultural, economic, and literary history to honor Steven Bela Vardy, America's leading historiographer of Hungary and an internationally renowned scholar of Hungarian immigration studies. Editor(s): Hupchick, Dennis P.; Weisberger, R. William. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVH; GTB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880334525
ISBN
9780880334525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.21

Paperback. Born to a British father and a Chinese mother, Winnifred Eaton (1875-1954) decided to capitalize on her exotic appearance. This work chronicles the sometimes desperate, sometimes canny, and always bold course of her career as a journalist, a bestselling novelist, and a Hollywood scriptwriting protegee of Carl Laemmle at Universal Studios. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 296 pages, 27 photographs. BIC Classification: 1K; BG; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073885
ISBN
9780252073885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. The essays in this volume look at China's relationships with border peoples over a long span of time, questioning whether the process of expansion was a benevolent civilizing mission. Editor(s): Lary, Diana. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 maps, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774813341
ISBN
9780774813341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.91

Paperback. This is an interdisciplinary study of the major cultural and political scenes of a decade marked by dramatic -and sometimes traumatic-change. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPK; DSBH; GTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756631
ISBN
9780804756631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Paperback. Provides an understanding of the vital role of performance in the Americas. This title shows how the repertoire of embodied memory - conveyed in gestures, the spoken word, movement, dance, song, and other performances - offers alternative perspectives to a reconsideration of historical processes of transnational contact. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 352 pages, 111 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1K; AS; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Second Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331230
ISBN
9780822331230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.39

paperback. Essays examining how Irish identity is performed and commodified in the contemporary transnational environment, in Frank McCourt's writing, the explosion of Irish-themed merchandising, the practices of heritage seekers and in the movie The Crying Game Editor(s): Negra, Diane. Num Pages: 392 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; APF; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 264 x 30. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822337409
ISBN
9780822337409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.38

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813563527
ISBN
9780813563527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.53

Paperback. Politics and the Diamond Economy in Sierra Leone. Series: African Issues. 248 pages, 12, 6 black and white, 6 line drawing. Argues that corporate neo-colonialism in the diamond trade of Sierra Leone has served to restrict its social and economic growth, excluding and marginalizing it from the club of wealthier nations, and causing it to continue to rely on international aid. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTB; KCP; KNAT. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 15. Weight: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
James Currey
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010605
ISBN
9781847010605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.32

Paperback. A vivid account of ritual, power, and social inequality in rural India. Num Pages: 272 pages, 22 b&w photos, 3 figures, 2 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 563.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217653
ISBN
9780253217653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.09

Hardback. This is the first human geography social atlas of Europe to consider the European economy, culture, history and human and physical geography as a single land mass and a more unified European people. It provides an accessible overview of Europe and a human geography contribution to debates about a wide range of topics. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps (colour). BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; GTB; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 199 x 277 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1042.
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447313533
ISBN
9781447313533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.99

Paperback. In 'Habitations of modernity' Dipesh Chakrabarty explores the complexities of modernism in India and seeks principles of humaneness grounded in everyday life that may elude grand political theories. These issues are pursued in a series of closely linked cultural essays. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226100395
ISBN
9780226100395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.65

Hardback. This volume consists of twenty studies on problems related to "transition to democracy" in central and eastern Europe during the decade following the collapse of communist states. The book focuses on preconditions and problems of transitions, case studies, patterns of performance and consolidation and inter-regional comparative aspects. Editor(s): Berg-Schlosser, Dirk; Vetik, Raivo. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; 3JJ; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880334716
ISBN
9780880334716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585100002
ISBN
9781585100002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.65

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Continuum New York
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KNH0011274
ISBN
9780826415233
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Offers a sense of what must happen to bring about a renewed sense of integration and global Frenchness Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1H; GTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006707
ISBN
9780253006707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.23

Paperback. Preserves the folklore of sacred sites in the mountains of northern Thailand. Num Pages: 26 illus., 13 color. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 134.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9789749575482
ISBN
9789749575482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.51

Paperback. An ethnographic study of Zimbabwe's land occupations that focuses on the effects of spatialized struggles on sovereignty and the nation-state Num Pages: 424 pages, 15 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJP; GTB; JHMC; JPVH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822335702
ISBN
9780822335702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. Focuses on the dramatic cultural transformations of the last decade of the millennium, providing a clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1990s America. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, Eighteen black and while illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. 264 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, Eighteen black and while illustrations. Focuses on the dramatic cultural transformations of the last decade of the millennium, providing a clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1990s America. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight: 404.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748622221
ISBN
9780748622221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.77

Paperback. Was it possible to achieve peace between Jews and Arabs in Palestine in the 1930s? This study discusses the Fifth Avenue muti-millionaires who believed they could bring peace to the Middle East through secret diplomacy and a generous dose of "Baksheesh" (the Arabic word for bribery). Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJG; GTB; HBJF1; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739102046
ISBN
9780739102046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.16

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