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Hardback. A revolutionary archaeological discovery--considered by some to be as momentous as the revelation of the Dead Sea Scrolls--sheds fascinating new light on one of the most important texts of ancient Chinese civilization. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GDC; GTB; HPDF; HRKN5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231118163
ISBN
9780231118163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 79.41

Paperback. In 1998, the Middle East Conflict celebrated its 50th anniversary, but still no final general settlement is in sight. The conflict has had a serious repercussions anywhere in the area conflict - including a damaging civil war in Lebanon. This book gives a study of the conflict from 1948-2005. Num Pages: 273 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: GTB; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 175 x 18. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776740498
ISBN
9788776740498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.25

Paperback. Political and economic developments after the implosion of the Sovjet Union have not been easy, nor have outcomes been similar. This book traces the trajectories of political development in post-communist countries through cases from within the post-communist region that exhibit maximum variation in terms of both background variables and outcome. Editor(s): Johannsen, Lars; Pedersen, Karin Hilmer. Num Pages: 170 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; GTB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779344341
ISBN
9788779344341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.36

Paperback. Lary May offers a reexamination of the connections between national politics and Hollywood movies, and an interpretation of American culture from the New Deal through the Cold War. Num Pages: 364 pages, 69 halftones, 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; APFA; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226511634
ISBN
9780226511634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.23

Paperback. An insight into the meaning and value of popular forms of expression during a time of political and social change in East Africa. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219121
ISBN
9780253219121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Missionary work, arising from a sense of pity, helped convince the British that they were a benevolent people. Stevens relates this to the rise of the cult of sensibility, when philosophers argued that humans were inherently good because they felt sorrow at the sign of suffering. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812219678
ISBN
9780812219678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island's politicians, the posses began migrating to the United States in the early 1980's, just in time to catch and ride the crack wave as it engulfed the country. This title examines the issues from a British and Jamaican perspective. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFE; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 22. Weight in Grams: 212. A Journey Through the Yardie Underworld. 288 pages. Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island's politicians, the posses began migrating to the United States in the early 1980's, just in time to catch and ride the crack wave as it engulfed the country. This title examines the issues from a British and Jamaican perspective. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFE; JKVM. Dimension: 179 x 114 x 22. Weight: 244.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841953861
ISBN
9781841953861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. Editor(s): Sears, Laurie J. Series: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 maps,. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295986838
ISBN
9780295986838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.16

Hardcover. Editor(s): Surit, Lea M. Num Pages: 177 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 181 x 18. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600218132
ISBN
9781600218132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.92
€ 132.34

paperback. A cultural history of the political legitimization of youth rebellion during the Cold War era Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 400 pages, 37 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 29. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822336921
ISBN
9780822336921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Paperback. Asks what happens when perpetrators publicly admit or discuss their actions. This book contends that public confessions do not settle the past. It argues that this debate and the public confessions that trigger it are healthy for democratic processes of political participation, freedom of expression, and contestation of political ideas. Series: The Cultures and Practice of Violence. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; GTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340829
ISBN
9780822340829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

Hardcover. Studying the construction of Irish national identity from the early eighteenth until the mid-nineteenth centuries, this book focuses on how texts concerning Irish music, and the social settings within which those texts emerged, contributed to the imagining of Ireland as "the Land of Song." Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; AVGH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268025779
ISBN
9780268025779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.47

Paperback. Focuses on large and problematic groups from Western Europe's past (the Irish in the United Kingdom, the Poles in Germany, and the Italians in France) and demonstrates a number of structural similarities in the way migrants and their descendants integrated into these nation states. Series: Studies of World Migrations. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; HBJD1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072949
ISBN
9780252072949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. This new edition marks the 35th anniversary of Marx's classic text on the relationship between technology and culture in 19th- and 20th-century America. It features a new afterword by the author on the process of writing this pioneering book, a work that all but founded the discipline now called American Studies. Num Pages: 430 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195133516
ISBN
9780195133516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.08

Paperback. Leoti L West (1851-1933) left her Iowa home to teach at a school in Washington Territory. Undertaking the two-week journey alone, the young teacher arrived in a Northwest that was still very much a pioneer territory. This book details her teaching career. Num Pages: 277 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803298583
ISBN
9780803298583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.75

Hardback. Prostitution in Thailand has been the subject of media sensationalism for decades. This work explores how Thai national identity in the global economy is linked to prostitution and gender, and how certain images of "the prostitute" have silenced discourses of prostitution as work. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; GTB; JFMX; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774808729
ISBN
9780774808729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.67

Paperback. Prostitution in Thailand has been the subject of media sensationalism for decades. This work explores how Thai national identity in the global economy is linked to prostitution and gender, and how certain images of "the prostitute" have silenced discourses of prostitution as work. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; GTB; JFMX; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774808736
ISBN
9780774808736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

Paperback. Highlights the conflicts and debates that surrounded the 1952 celebration of the 300th anniversary of the landing of Jan Van Riebeeck and the founding of Cape Town, South Africa. This title reveals the expectations of the festival planners and how the festival was engineered and the ANC and other non-Europeans mounted opposition to it. Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 17 b&w photos, 3 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; GTB; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253216137
ISBN
9780253216137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Lively account of how Irish Studies has developed over the past 20 years covering key themes from religion to media and cultural geography. Editor(s): Harte, Liam; Whelan, Dr Yvonne. Series: Contemporary Irish Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 photographs, 1 cartoon. BIC Classification: 1DBR; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 433. Very good to like new, with just minor shelfwear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KMB0000120
ISBN
9780745321868
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 27.03

Paperback. Lively account of how Irish Studies has developed over the past 20 years covering key themes from religion to media and cultural geography. Editor(s): Harte, Liam; Whelan, Dr Yvonne. Series: Contemporary Irish Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 photographs, 1 cartoon. BIC Classification: 1DBR; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340. 8vo. Very good copy. First edition. . Irish Politics and Politicans. 20th Century Ireland.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0310312
ISBN
9780745321851
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

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