Regional studies
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Regional studies
Paperback. Advances the study of pioneering black dancers by providing biographical and historical information on a group of artists who worked during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s to legitimize dance of the African diaspora. This title sets these seminal artists and their innovations in the contexts of African-American culture and American modern dance. Num Pages: 336 pages, 26 photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; ASD; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252072611
- ISBN
- 9780252072611
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.39
€ 27.99
€ 26.39
Paperback. A history of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians from the perspective of international law that examines the extent to which legitimate interests remain to be fulfilled. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JPS; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 231 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Rev Upd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335399
- ISBN
- 9780822335399
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. The tradition of Chan Buddhism - more popularly known as Zen - has been romanticized throughout its history. This book shows how modern critical techniques make possible a more skeptical, accurate, and - ultimately - productive assessment of Chan lineages, teaching, fundraising practices, and social organization. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 b/w illustration, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HREZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520237988
- ISBN
- 9780520237988
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. A thoroughly up-to-date revision of a landmark textbook. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1H; GTB; HBJH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217820
- ISBN
- 9780253217820
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Paperback. A compact and useable introduction to the understanding of contemporary Sudan, and a convenient reference work. Editor(s): Ryle, John; et al. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20, 20 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1HBS; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376. 240 pages, 20, 20 line drawing. Editor(s): Ryle, John; et al. A compact and useable introduction to the understanding of contemporary Sudan, and a convenient reference work. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HBS; GTB. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight: 400.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010308
- ISBN
- 9781847010308
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.77
€ 26.99
€ 26.77
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781498557252
- ISBN
- 9781498557252
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Condition: New
€ 51.03€ 20.13
€ 51.03
€ 20.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 308 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 186 x 25. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594549229
- ISBN
- 9781594549229
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Condition: New
€ 142.39€ 97.67
€ 142.39
€ 97.67
Paperback. A groundbreaking collection of sixteen essays that examines the productive intersection of the fields of black and queer studies Editor(s): Johnson, E. Patrick; Henderson, Mae G. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; GTB; JFC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336181
- ISBN
- 9780822336181
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Essential reading for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of what capitalist globalization means for us. The grim social and political realities analysed in this book resonate far beyond the former USSR. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FC; GTB; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745315973
- ISBN
- 9780745315973
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.24
€ 46.99
€ 36.24
Hardback. Victor Considerant (1808-1893), a follower of the great utopian thinker Charles Fourier, played an important role in the creation of a Fourierist movement and the development of socialist journalism. This study offers a life story of one of the engaging figures among the French romantic intellectuals of the 1840s. Num Pages: 600 pages, 33 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 939.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520222977
- ISBN
- 9780520222977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.57€ 56.67
€ 73.57
€ 56.67
paperback. With a focus on Willa Cather's artistic principle of "the thing not named," this book illuminates the contradictions and complexities inherent in notions of identity and shows how her fiction transforms the very categories-regarding gender, sexuality, race, and class-around which most recent Cather scholarship has focused. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; GTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822326724
- ISBN
- 9780822326724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- BOYE6 United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464376
- ISBN
- 9781580464376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.32
€ 97.32
Hardback. This book looks at the long-term social and environmental effects of imagined, abandoned, and failed resource-development schemes in northwest British Columbia. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 552 pages, 12 photographs, 7 maps, 2 charts, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; GTB; RNF; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774833042
- ISBN
- 9780774833042
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Condition: New
€ 106.50
€ 106.50
Paperback. Race and racial thinking on the Swahili coast Num Pages: 414 pages, 15 b&w illus., 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1HFG; GTB; HBG; HBLW3; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 218 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222800
- ISBN
- 9780253222800
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.67
€ 32.99
€ 29.67
Paperback. Cuba has long been a social policy pioneer, with ambitious policies to address health care, education, employment, the environment, and social inequalities. Yet facing severe economic challenges, the government may look to learn from its Latin American neighbors. Social Policies and Decentralization in Cuba analyzes these issues in depth. Editor(s): Dominguez, Jorge I.; Arguelle, Maria del Carmen Zabala; Prieto, Mayra Espina. Series: Series on Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; GTB; HBJK; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 22 x 15. .
- Publisher
- David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674975309
- ISBN
- 9780674975309
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.62
€ 27.99
€ 24.62
Hardback. In this important new book Jorge Larrain examines the trajectories of modernity and identity in Latin America and their reciprocal relationships. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3J; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745626239
- ISBN
- 9780745626239
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Condition: New
€ 79.04
€ 79.04
Hardback. A day after 'N' first crossed the US border from Mexico, he was caught and then released onto the streets of Tijuana. Undeterred, he crawled back through a tunnel to San Diego, where he entered the United States forever. In this book, he details the constraints, deceptions, and humiliations that characterize alien life "amid the shadows." Series: Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252038310
- ISBN
- 9780252038310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.81
€ 117.81
Hardback. Nascent debates about democracy in the contemporary developing world are modified by such descriptions as delegative, incomplete or even authoritarian. Nun provides a comprehensive analysis of the theory and practice of democracy from ancient Greece to contemporary Latin America. Series: Critical Currents in Latin American Perspective Series. Num Pages: 128 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742520394
- ISBN
- 9780742520394
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Condition: New
€ 124.23
€ 124.23
Paperback. First cultural history of post-1940s Mexico to relate issues of representation and meaning to questions of power Editor(s): Joseph, Gilbert M.; Rubenstein, Anne; Zolov, Eric. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 528 pages, 54 photographs, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJH; 3JJP; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6147 x 4039 x 31. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327189
- ISBN
- 9780822327189
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.01
€ 36.99
€ 33.01
Paperback. This text analyzes how modern Jordanian identity was created and defined. The author studies two key institutions, the law and the military, and uses them to create an analysis of the making of modern Jordanian identity. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; GTB; HBJF1; JHMC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123235
- ISBN
- 9780231123235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.39
€ 37.99
€ 27.39