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Regional studies

Paperback. Details how this marginalized region has gradually become part of modern Europe Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DN; GTB; HBJD; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992938
ISBN
9780295992938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. From the 1940s to the 1980s, Yoruba popular theatre was one of the most spectacularly successful theatres in Africa. This title recounts the history of the Odin Adejo Theatre Company. It uncovers the pulse points of generation, production, and improvisation that merge when a Yoruba popular dram is brought to the stage. Num Pages: 504 pages, 64 b&w photos, 1 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; AN; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 31. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253216175
ISBN
9780253216175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. The Mekong is the focus of wide-ranging debates over development strategy, governance, legal issues, and environmental management. This title includes publication details and commentary on more than a thousand titles across a range of subject areas covering history, culture, natural resources, economics, social issues, politics, and security. Editor(s): Charnvit, Kasetsiri; Baker, Chris. Num Pages: 328 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FM; GBCR; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Silkworm Books Thailand
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9789748276304
ISBN
9789748276304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.92

Hardcover. The newest volume of the benchmark bibliography of Latin American studies Editor(s): McCann, Katherine D.; North, Tracy. Series: Handbook of Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 809 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1247.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
809
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292747715
ISBN
9780292747715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.98

Paperback. The peoples and cultures of Southeast Asia Editor(s): Adams, Kathleen M.; Gillogly, Kathleen A. Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 b&w illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223210
ISBN
9780253223210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

hardcover. Reveals that Chinese Americans began 'shooting hoops' nearly a century before Chinese superstar Yao Ming turned pro. Drawing on interviews with players and coaches, this book takes readers back to San Francisco in the 1930s and 1940s, when young Chinese American men and women developed a new approach to the game - with fast breaks. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 19 Halftones, 1 Figure. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 534. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781592139422
ISBN
9781592139422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.75

Paperback. Series: Collins Cape Revision Guide. Num Pages: 288 pages. Dimension: 265 x 192. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008157289
ISBN
9780008157289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.25

Hardback. Examines the conceptualization and staging of race through the performance, sometimes coerced, of black dance from the slave ship to the minstrel stage. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1K; ASD; GTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252038259
ISBN
9780252038259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.34

Paperback. During Montana's early territorial years, 'criminal justice' was almost non-existent: a few towns had inadequate and chronically overcrowded jails, and occasional prisoners were sent east to the federal penitentiary in Detroit. This book provides the social history of the Montana Penitentiary, focusing on its early, formative years. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 illustrations, 14 charts. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
University of Washington Press Washington
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227545
ISBN
9780295984438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Since its founding in 1964 Tanzania has used music, dance and other cultural productions as ways of imagining and legitimizing the new nation. Focusing on the politics surrounding Swahili performance, Kelly Askew demonstrates the crucial role of popular culture in Tanzania's history. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 halftones, 5 maps, 4 line drawings, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 1M; ASZ; AVGE; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
74
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226029818
ISBN
9780226029818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.92
€ 43.89

Paperback. A Marxist interpretation of Korean migrant workers struggles in Japan during the 1920s and 1930s. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 tables, 1 map, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPK; GTB; HBJF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822344179
ISBN
9780822344179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.71

Num Pages: 216 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560728436
ISBN
9781560728436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 110.11
€ 76.55

Paperback. By revealing the ways in which the state and communities dealt with the Great Depression in Japan, this study brings us closer to a comparative, grassroots perspective on how average men and women addressed some of modernity's fundamental questions. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 512 pages, 3 maps, 9 line drawings, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674012776
ISBN
9780674012776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.78

Paperback. How Soviet citizens in the 1920s and 1930s internalized Soviet ways of looking at the world and living their everyday lives. Editor(s): Kiaer, Christina; Naiman, Eric. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 b&w photographs, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217929
ISBN
9780253217929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

paperback. Presents an account of how Chinese are being smuggled into the United States, and what happens to the people who risk their lives to reach Gold Mountain. This book shows how the problem of human smuggling will continue for as long as China's citizens are deprived of fundamental human rights and economic security. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 221 pages, 24 tables, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; GTB; JFFN; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566397339
ISBN
9781566397339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Where did American literature start? The familiar story of Emerson and Thoreau has them setting up shop in Concord, Massachusetts, and determining the course of American writing. This title overhauls this story of origins as it shifts the context for these literary giants from the civilized East to the wide-open spaces of the Louisiana Purchase. Num Pages: 213 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 2ABM; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press California
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520231856
ISBN
9780520231856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. The relationship between the slave trade and one of Africa's most vibrant centers Num Pages: 488 pages, 1 b&w illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222350
ISBN
9780253222350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. Tracing the history of Western and Arab fascination with Egypt through spurious hunts for lost civilizations and the new economic disparities brought about by the oil industry, this title describes the ways in which moments of cultural contact, driven by tourism and labour migration, become eye-opening opportunities for defining self and other. Num Pages: 296 pages, 49 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1F; 1HBE; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292717022
ISBN
9780292717022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.50

Hardcover. Num Pages: 567 pages, Ill.(some col.).figs.tabs.M. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JM; GBCY; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260. . 4to. Very good copy.First edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
BMF Business Services
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KEX0287760
ISBN
9780953767250
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

Paperback. Focuses on a set of contemporary paintings in the traditional technique by the Nepalese artist Romio Shrestha and his assistants in Kathmandu. Editor(s): Williamson, Laila; Young, Serinity (American Museum of Natural History, USA). Num Pages: 248 pages, 88 color illus. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBP; AJC; GTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 304 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988696
ISBN
9780295988696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.34

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