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Hardback. The Jacquinot Zone, in Shanghai, is the first example in history of a successful safe zone that provided protection and security to half a million Chinese refugees living in a battle zone during wartime. Num Pages: 224 pages, 29 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF; HBWQ; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804757935
ISBN
9780804757935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 32.73

Hardback. This work considers several texts, cultural practices and intellectual processes to chart the emergence of a new geographical conciousness in early modern Japan. The study shows how spatial and geographical knowledge confined to elites in early Japan became more widespread in the Tokugawa period. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 249 pages, 22 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232693
ISBN
9780520232693
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 64.67

Hardcover. Editor(s): Petrov, Marcus A. Num Pages: 174 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616689476
ISBN
9781616689476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.62
€ 139.42

Paperback. A new edition of the earliest English-language account of the Haitian Revolution. Originally published in 1805, the narrative played a significant role in establishing nineteenth-century world opinion of that momentous event. Editor(s): Youngquist, Paul; Pierrot, Gregory. Num Pages: 408 pages, 17 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJH; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546. 392 pages, 17 illustrations, 1 map. Editor(s): Youngquist, Paul; Pierrot, Gregory. This new edition of Marcus Rainsford's An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti, the first complete narrative in English of the Haitian Revolution, is the first to appear since the original publication in 1805. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KJH; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 25. Weight: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352884
ISBN
9780822352884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Series: Indigenous Education. Num Pages: 360 pages, 38 photographs, 8 maps, index. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK; HBLH; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259669
ISBN
9780803259669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Challenges advanced language learners to elevate their reading ability to the level necessary for handling real primary sources in an unmediated way Editor(s): Hillenbrand, Margaret; Starr, Chloe. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; DSBH; GTB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 706.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991276
ISBN
9780295991276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. This work covers critical issues facing the Catholic Church in the USA by drawing from the four goals of the colloquia, to identify, assess, and critique the distinctive elements in Catholicism's approach to civic life, and to generate recommendations for strengthening Catholic civic engagement. Series: American Catholics in the Public Square. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HRCC7; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742531598
ISBN
9780742531598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.81

Hardback. This work covers critical issues facing the Catholic Church in the USA by drawing from the four goals of the colloquia, to identify, assess, and critique the distinctive elements in Catholicism's approach to civic life, and to generate recommendations for strengthening Catholic civic engagement. Series: American Catholics in the Public Square. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HRCC7; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742531581
ISBN
9780742531581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.51

Paperback. Examines the Cambodian revolution before and after Pol Pot and attempts to explain the reasons for its ultimate failure. Num Pages: 387 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
387
Condition
New
SKU
V9789749575345
ISBN
9789749575345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 133 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 215.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
GWV Fachverlage GmbH Germany
Number of pages
133
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531168692
ISBN
9783531168692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.66

Paperback. Crazy Horse, the legendary military leader of the Oglala Sioux whose social non-conformity contributed to his reputation as being "strange," fought in many famous battles, and held out tirelessly against the US government's efforts to confine the Lakotas to reservations. This book offers an evocation of the spirit of Crazy Horse. Num Pages: 460 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
460
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803217874
ISBN
9780803217874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.90

Paperback. Focuses on the dynamism and diversity of contemporary Africa. This book emphasizes contemporary culture-civil and social issues, art, religion, and the political scene-and provides an overview of significant themes that bear on Africa's place in the world. Editor(s): Grosz-Ngate, Maria; Hanson, John H.; O'Meara, Patrick. Num Pages: 376 pages, 64 b&w illus., 26 color illus., 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Fourth
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253012920
ISBN
9780253012920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

paperback. Explores night and darkness in Latina /o art and literature Num Pages: 326 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; GTB; JFC; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253001894
ISBN
9780253001894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

paperback. Argues that crucial twentieth-century revolutionary challenges to colonialism and capitalism in the Americas have failed to resist - and in fact have been constitutively related to - the very developmentalist narratives that have justified and naturalized post-war capitalism. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFC; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331667
ISBN
9780822331667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.78

Paperback. Chicago's Southwest Side is one of the last remaining footholds for the city's white working class, a little-studied and little-understood segment of the American population. This book paints a complex portrait of the working-class community known as Beltway. Num Pages: 217 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; GTB; JFSC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
217
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520235434
ISBN
9780520235434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.11

Hardback. Series: Global Diversities. Num Pages: 254 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFFN; JFSG; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137521835
ISBN
9781137521835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

Paperback. This ethnography explores the links between a violent historical and political legacy, and the production of secrecy in everyday material culture. The focus is on Mende-speaking southeastern Sierra Leone and the surrounding region. Num Pages: 299 pages, 6 b/w photos, 3 line figures. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTB; HBJH; HBLW; JFC; JHMP; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520225435
ISBN
9780520225435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.38

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988191
ISBN
9780295988191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Oregon had the second largest Chinese population in the United States. In terms of geographical coverage, Portland's two Chinatowns were the largest in all of North America. This title chronicles the history of Portland's Chinatowns from their early beginnings in the 1850s until the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act in the 1940s. Num Pages: 352 pages, 64 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295983837
ISBN
9780295983837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.67

Paperback. Imagines Cuba's future after the "poof moment" - when the current regime will no longer exist. This volume does not try to predict how and when the Castro regime will end, but instead considers the possible consequences of change. Each chapter takes up a basic issue: politics, the military, the legal system, civil society, and US-Cuba relations. Editor(s): Perez-Stable, Marifeli. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; GTB; JFC; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268038915
ISBN
9780268038915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

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