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Regional studies

Hardback. Num Pages: 239 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HRAM2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Baylor University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781481300322
ISBN
9781481300322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.83

Paperback. Featuring a wealth of case-study material and insights from leading experts in the field, this highly original volume forces an important re-think in a contentious area of African politics and development. Editor(s): Laakso, Liisa; Hautaniemi, Petri. Series: Africa Now. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; GTB; GTJ; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783600977
ISBN
9781783600977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.69

Paperback. Examines the diasporic and transnational aspects of Asian-American literature and engages works of prose and poetry as aesthetic articulations of the fluid transnational identities formed by Asian-American writers. Editor(s): Lim, Shirley; Gamber, John Blair; Sohn, Stephen Hong; Valentino, Gina. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592134519
ISBN
9781592134519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. Income levels have risen sharpley in China during the last two decades. Although just 2% of all Chinese have hot, running water, virtually all households have televisions. This personal, intelligent book addresses these sweeping changes and how they are forming modern China. Num Pages: 400 pages, 65. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPR; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871319197
ISBN
9780871319197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.13

Paperback. National Geographic magazine is an American popular culture icon that, since its founding in 1888, has been on a nonstop tour classifying and cataloguing the peoples of the world. This title provides an insightful and alternative interpretation of National Geographic. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JJ; GTB; JFC; JFSL; WT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781566397520
ISBN
9781566397520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.00

Hardcover. Using various sources, including diaries and letters, this book contributes to the study of Gertrude Bell's colourful life - exploring the personal passions, desires and relationships that drove her - and to an understanding of the background behind the creation of modern Iraq. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJ; BGH; GTB; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850434153
ISBN
9781850434153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.38
€ 59.81

Paperback. In 1892, in the broad daylight of downtown Memphis, Tennessee, a middle class woman named Alice Mitchell slashed the throat of her lover, Freda Ward, killing her instantly. Local, national, and international newspapers, medical and scientific publications, and popular fiction writers all clamoured to cover the ensuing "girl lovers" murder trial. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; GTB; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326175
ISBN
9780822326175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. Argues that the creation of such "desiring subjects" is at the core of China's contingent, piece-by-piece reconfiguration of its relationship to a post-socialist, neo-liberal-dominated world. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339472
ISBN
9780822339472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.56

Paperback. Offers a critical reading of The Cuba Commission Report, a massive testimony case that investigated the conditions of Chinese contract laborers in Cuba in 1874. From this case, this title traces the emergence of a 'coolie narrative' that forms a counterpart to the 'slave narrative'. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 Tables, 2 Halftones, 2 Figures. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KJ; GTB; JFC; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592135820
ISBN
9781592135820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.09

Paperback. Examines the use of Africa as a figure in the Harlem Renaissance and looks at the place of that movement within a wider Black modernism Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; APF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822336433
ISBN
9780822336433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardcover.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Sanctuary Publishing Ltd London
Number of pages
276
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KNW0010222
ISBN
9781860746147
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Keywords: "Humour - Love, Sex & Marriage,Humour - Political,Humour - Satire, General,Subjects - Humour - General,Su"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Sanctuary Publishing Ltd London
Number of pages
276
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KHS0047909
ISBN
9781860746147
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Keywords: "Humour - Love, Sex & Marriage,Humour - Political,Humour - Satire, General,Subjects - Humour - General,Su"
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Sanctuary Publishing Ltd London
Number of pages
276
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KT00000561
ISBN
9781860746147
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A review of the politics and discourses of water use, sharing, and management, and their implications for local livelihoods. This book analyzes contested discourses on such topics as regional hydropower development, floods, and irrigation, along with the broader yet interrelated issues of gender, media, dialogue, and impact assessment. Editor(s): Lebel, Louis; Dore, John; Daniel, Rajesh; Koma, Yang Saing. Num Pages: 283 pages, b/w photos, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9789749511251
ISBN
9789749511251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 52.78

paperback. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Black Rose Books Canada
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551642284
ISBN
9781551642284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.52

paperback. A political biography of Slobodan Milosevic by a diplomatic insider. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 1FKA; 3JJPR; GTB; HBJD; HBLW3; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 27. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780822332237
ISBN
9780822332237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.77

Paperback. For more than a century, Americans have been captivated by the legend of General George Armstrong Custer. But, the various truths of Custer's life and last stand prove elusive. Custer's life spans two great eras of American history. This work offers an account of life and legend of this controversial figure. Num Pages: 540 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1K; BG; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 770.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
540
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803262669
ISBN
9780803262669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. During the colonial period, Africans told each other terrifying rumors that Africans who worked for white colonists captured unwary residents and took their blood. Providing the stories that Africans told to describe colonial power, this book presents an epistemological inquiry into the nature of historical truth and memory. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1HFJ; GTB; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520217041
ISBN
9780520217041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. Series: Militante Konflikte in Asien. BIC Classification: GTB. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Centaurus Verlag & Media
Condition
New
SKU
V9783825500450
ISBN
9783825500450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.27

Paperback. Tells the story of anthropological fieldwork centred at Rhodes-Livingstone Institute in Northern Rhodesia during mid-twentieth century. Focusing on collaborative processes rather than on the activity of individual researchers, this book places anthropologists' assistants and informants in a central role in the making of anthropological knowledge. Num Pages: 392 pages, 23 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; 1HFMZ; 3JJ; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326731
ISBN
9780822326731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

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